Oh, Peggy. You're too kind.
"Liberals" like everything complicated, not just their leaders. They love to get bogged down in complications and difficulties and details.
A real leader slashes the Gordian Knot and proceeds forward!
George Bush is a real leader.
A severed cow's head? Comparision to Clinton?
I wonder if Ms. Noonan was specific and intentional in that comparison. It is certainly indicative of the way that the Clinton's operate, though with significantly less honor than La Cosa Nostra.