Peggy Noonan joining *'s campaign

[CatWoman]

guess she's still looking for a Reaganesque role model :eyes:

Noonan signs on: Peggy Noonan is taking "three months' unpaid leave" from the Wall Street Journal column she writes to -- guess what? -- work for Bush's campaign! She decided that this was the most important election in recent memory and that she would take a break to see what she could do to help. She writes in her farewell-for-now column: "Since peace was wrenched off the tracks on 9/11, deep in my heart I have pulled for President Bush, Vice President Cheney, members of the current administration, and Republicans in the Senate and the House. With the decline of the Democratic Party I have become convinced there is a greater chance we will win the war if the Republican Party wins the election." (WSJ)

by way of http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2004/08/05/thurs/index.html

[AlCzervik]

1. Uggghh! Peggy Noonan's awful speeches coming from from the Chimp.

[democracyindanger]

11. It's perfect!

Chimpy trying to deliver one of Noonan's obnoxious, self-important word masturbations? I can't wait.

[mark11727]

14. "A thousand pints of Lite.... ah mean... aw shoot. "

[MGKrebs]

20. !!!LOL!!!

[AlCzervik]

17. She'll be all hopped up on pharmy's

when she writing it and i'd have to be all hopped on pharmys to listen to it.

[BloodyWilliam]

2. Quelle surprise.

That's right! I used French!

[bluestateguy]

3. Good

We can be spared of her snotty, sychophantic, condescending and elitist columns for at least 3 months.

[buycitgo]

5. Are they going to have an aide assigned to her at all times

just to catch her as she constantly swoons?

[hatrack]

4. Joining? I thought she was already working for the Chimp!

This is a new development? :wtf:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

6. does she have a weird foot fetish for dumbya like she did ronnie?

what will laura say?

[Cha]

That stupid idiot is right about one thing...

This is the most important election in our life time and I hope she snivels and sniffles real bad when * Loses. Losers!

[Proud2BAmurkin]

7. She's helping Bush*....by quitting her column. HAHAHAHA

Well, that's probably the best thing the lunatic could do for them.

[burythehatchet]

8. another win for the good guys

everything these idiots do now will dig the hole deeper for them They're in quicksand and grasping for anything they can get their hands on. Peggy Nooner on codpiece's campaign will help us.

[Cleita]

9. I hope she enjoys her muzzle.

eom

[stevedeshazer]

10. Another sign of desperation

It's one thing to recruit a speechwriter, and as sickening as it is, Noonan is one of the best on the right.

It's quite another to prepare speeches for a candidate who is totally fucking illiterate.

There. I said it.

*sigh* (on my eighteenth month of unpaid leave)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

27. The signs are everywhere. They are going down.

swiftly and assuredly. They are pulling out all the stops to prevent the inevitable.

[SoCalDem]

12. Gee... color me surprised ...(not)

This is such a familiar pattern with politicians..(all of them, really)..

They wear their party affiliation like clothing.. "I changed my shirt...now I am non-partisan...woops.. I put it back on..I'm a Bushie"...

Anyone that buys into the nonsense of them being an apolitical "reporter" one minute and a campaign "worker" for 3 months..and then back to apolitical reporter"... NONSENSE

[Viking12]

13. You're trying to tell me she wasn't already working for *? n/t

[klook]

15. A thousand talking points of lite

I remember reading a Katha Pollitt column in The Nation where Noonan was quoted as saying "More and more, this presidency feels like a gift." Pollitt pointed out that it is, and Peggy can thank the Supreme Court.

Noonan has some skill at writing vacuous drivel that somehow pushes the emotional buttons of some Americans (mostly the ones who already love Dumbya). She's the one who came up with "a thousand points of light" and "a kinder, gentler nation" for Bush Sr., which of course were both BS.

[CatWoman]

26. Bud Lite or Coors Lite?

:D

[kentuck]

16. Well, that's it ! We might as well surrender....

How can anyone compete with her shining piles of crap on a hill ??

[Shopaholic]

18. She'll make a great drinking buddy for *

since she likes the booze as much as Shrubbie does!

[DancingBear]

19. If she reprises "a thousand points of light" for Dumbo

he'll read it as "a thousand pints of Lite" - then he'll smirk and wet his lips.

[terrya]

21. "The decline of the Democratic Party"? Is Peggy Noonan a drunk?

Is she heavily medicated?

To suggest that the Democratic Party is "on the decline" is a person with the most tenuous hold on reality. We are on the verge of taking over the White House and at least the Senate. Doesn't sound like a party in "decline" to me.

[CaTeacher]

23. Big deal.

The reason Reagan's speeches went over well was because he had a good sense of timing (from being an actor) and other speaking skills (also from being an actor. She is not a great speech maker--I don't even think that she was one of Reagan's best speech writers. This will probably hurt him more than help him.

[slappypan]

22. the Patti Smith of right-wing bilge

They must be getting desperate, but even that old witch's evil spells are not enough to make their moron sound inspiring.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

24. Um, what a shocker?

Not.

I detest her, I really do.

[jeffgad]

25. Noonan's a phoney. All sweet and sensitive, and that fake

"concern" she wears on her mug... all while she supports the ultra-conservative wacko war-mongers. She's Dick Cheney with a skirt.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. Won't make a big difference. * will still butcher her prose by either

misreading the copy or his usual malapropisms.

[MUSTANG_2004]

30. No, he won't have the opportunity

She says she's not working for his campaign:

"The White House does not need my help. .....
There are others, however, lower down on the power pole, who might benefit from another hand on deck. I've called a few this week and they've been welcoming and I'll see if I can add to their fortunes."

[swag]

29. What a loss for the private sector.

[demgrrrll]

31. Who can forget that contingent of angels, the dolphins who pushed

Elian to shore. She is such a goof. More like a thousand points of spite.

[Joanne98]

32. Good she can travel with Jenna and they can stick their tounges

out together. the brat and the loon.