[SuziQ]

But who respects a party whose great hope is widespread pain?

WOW! Peggy has nailed it again! I wonder if Andrew Cuomo will actually put this essay in his book!

[DoctorMichael]

Bump for later.

[TomSmedley]

You want so much to run America and yet you seem not so fond of Americans.

Priceless.

[TexanToTheCore]

A wonderful article by a gentlewoman which explains why I am a former Democrat.

I think that we need to realize that the country is turning to the right and doing so rather rapidly. I see this in our church each week. Last Sunday 70 people came forward to accept Jesus and join our church. This is not an unusual number. Several months ago 185 came forward and filled the aisles to overflowing as families decided to change their lives for the better. Many, many people have cone to the realization that the Liberal lifestyle is a dead end that destroys peoples lives sometimes in the aggregate and other times in the particular.

I look forward to a stronger and stronger conservative base each year for many years to come.

[Marysecretary]

WOW! That is ONE great article. She is not only a great writer who can put her ideas across, she's a great AMERICAN who loves this country and clearly states the problem with the democrat party. I love what she says about Clinton as the personification of slick and using up all their oxygen. GREAT! Love you, Peggy. Keep up the good work.

[hopespringseternal]

Sorry, Peggy, but the democrats traded in their soul. It's like you little gun registration gambit. Leaving aside the stupidity of it for a moment, the republicans say to gun owners, "Register yourselves as gun owners and you can carry." That is all concealed carry is.

But the democrats do everything in bad faith. Everything is a conspiracy. They don't know how to make a deal and stick to it. They only know how to lie and deceive. They only feel in control when they are lying. They only feel powerful when they are lying.

They can't build great buildings anymore. They can only tear down what others have built. That is why there message is always tax, tax, tax.

[TradicalRC]

God Bless Peggy Noonan.

[beckett]

One of Peggy's better efforts in recent times, although I will admit I am growing weary of her literary style. These days I often find myself wishing she would abstain from the beautiful phrasing and coy circumlocutions and write straighter, cleaner prose.

[hattend]

Peggy, Let the Dems self-destruct. Don't give them any hints that may save them.

[Salvation]

Thanks for the Peggy Ping!

[Tribune7]

ping

[Cultural Jihad]

Excellent essay again. But Peggy should just leave the salvaging of the Democratic Party to President Bush, who will when he's not too busy turn his gaze to the Democrats and single-handedly save the two-party system for these ingrates.

[bert]

Amen

[Taliesan]

Peggy is eloquent, as usual, but far too generous because she is deluded. (Peggy is especially susceptible becasue she LIKES feeling generous. It is her core value, feeling generous.)

This article is a prime example of the cultivated delusion of all those who are allowed to speak for the Right in the mainstream media. That illusion is that the Left is operating in good faith,and we just disagree with them.

You can be a mainstream Right voice on Tv and in print as long as you don't burst this illusion. People like Horowitz and Limbaugh forsook it long ago, and Coulter takes delight in pricking it. The truth is not Peggy's Version: "You're good people if you'll just get a few things adjusted." No, the truth is more this: "You're thieves and stenographers for thieves. We will not negotiate with you. Get a job."

[Rocko]

Bump.

[Temple Owl]

Wow!!! A powerful essay. BUMP

[Ditter]

WOW! I love to watch dimocrats get slapped around! Put me on Peggy's ping list please.

[drq]

Awesome

[ladyinred]

Applause, applause! Peggy has taken all of my feelings as a former democrat and given them life with her brilliant writing, as usual. She is the word artist of the century as far as I am concerned. The RAT party will never recognize the truth about themselves. But those of us who left them behind, certainly do.

[cruiserman]

(Sure they should be registered, but registration should exist to allow the law abiding to have guns, and not be twisted into a way to keep guns out of everyone's hands.)

Wrong.