They all lie, it comes natural to them
Posted on 01/22/2011 3:38:47 PM PST by Kaslin
The State of the Union Address is usually among the most important and least memorable of presidential speeches. The speech itself, in an august setting, is an opportunity for a president to break through in a new way. TV and radio carry it live, and it's hard for the average citizen to avoid seeing at least a piece of it. It's a real chance for a White House to tell the American people "This is where we stand, this is why we are here, this is what we believe in."
But most State of the Unions don't measure up. They get beaten down by the staffing process and flattened by the laundry-list aspects: "We'll do this and this and this." There's always too much going on in the speech, and in the end it's usually, in Churchill's phrase, a pudding without a theme.
The State of the Union Address is usually among the most important and least memorable of presidential speeches. The speech itself, in an august setting, is an opportunity for a president to break through in a new way. TV and radio carry it live, and it's hard for the average citizen to avoid seeing at least a piece of it. It's a real chance for a White House to tell the American people "This is where we stand, this is why we are here, this is what we believe in."
But most State of the Unions don't measure up. They get beaten down by the staffing process and flattened by the laundry-list aspects: "We'll do this and this and this." There's always too much going on in the speech, and in the end it's usually, in Churchill's phrase, a pudding without a theme.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“”And they run long. One reason is that if you want to make a speech unavoidable. The longer it is, the greater the chance people will see some part of it.””
The above is actually taken from her article....what are we going to do with that incomplete sentence there, Peggy? It’s sad that she was admired by many for a lot of years but can’t see that she should just go away now. Way past the time for her to disappear.
I too, won’t find it difficult not to watch. A promise I made to myself for other of “his” speeches but after the Tucson debacle, I will keep my word on this one.
LESSON: Listen to the gut!!!!
I just can’t read anything this tedious elitist writes.
I predict lowest ratings ever.
They all lie, it comes natural to them
Piggy Nooner has Alzheimer’s, its plain to see.
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This barfo is from the woman who *claims* to have written speeches for Ronald Reagan...
My guess is he employed her, but didn’t use her services very often.
Not from the lame stream media it want, that is true
Peggy seems to blow with the wind and hence becomes a discredited windbag.
>> “Peggy has no problem with a communist takeover, so long as it is well-written and stylishly presented.” <<
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Piggy has become a poster girl for Political Relativism.
Hopefully this has sealed her 2011 invite on the DC coctail circuit.
Yeah, it will be good...good for nothing...Peggy Noodle brains...
No the article was via the Wall Street Journal. If you check the link you well see it under her name, also the article is continued in WSJ
Part of the problem is that Noonan can’t distinguish between rhetoric and reality. In fact, what Obama says doesn’t matter in the slightest, since he’ll say anything. The important question is what he does.
She’s gone around the bend long time ago
Oh, good lord. Peggy, why don’t you get drunk and screw?
Peggy is a drunk and needs help.
She can write intelligently and honestly, or she can write what she believes will keep her on the guest list at the best Beltway cocktail parties. She’s made her choice.
The only one who kissed his ass, is Bill O’Reilly, that is why he got his interview for Superbowl Sunday
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