And now they’ve lost Peggy Noonan
In the end the Palin candidacy is a symptom and expression of a new vulgarization in American politics. It’s no good, not for conservatism and not for the country. And yes, it is a mark against John McCain, against his judgment and idealism.
I gather this week from conservative publications that those whose thoughts lead them to criticism in this area are to be shunned, and accused of the lowest motives. In one now-famous case, Christopher Buckley was shooed from the great magazine his father invented. In all this, the conservative intelligentsia are doing what they have done for five years. They bitterly attacked those who came to stand against the Bush administration. This was destructive. If they had stood for conservative principle and the full expression of views, instead of attempting to silence those who opposed mere party, their movement, and the party, would be in a better, and healthier, position.
At any rate, come and get me, copper.
October 18th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
This is my experience with Peggy Noonan. Months before 9/20/01, 500 of us Minnesotans paid $100 to hear her speak. The day of the event, she canceled because she was too afraid to fly from NYC to Minneapolis. Today she is too scared to oppose her bosses from NBC so she attacks Palin.
Peggy does not understand Palin because she is from an older generation. Palin represents the New America. Obama represents the radical 60s. McCain the 70s.
Palin is the most popular politician in America by far and will remain so for many years. She consistently outdraws Obama by 30 to 40% when speaking at the same venues. If she were at the head of the ticket, Obama would be down by 15 points. If McCain wins it will be due entirely to Palin.
She will be America’s first woman President.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
No, I will be America’s first woman President!
October 19th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Agree with Jake. I would like to see Palin on top.
October 19th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Palin on top…
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…I’m sorry, were we talking about the election?
October 19th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Palin is so popular that I will bet Jake a cool ten dollars that not only does she not become VP, she loses her reelection bid in Alaska.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:15 am
“The day of the event, she canceled because she was too afraid to fly from NYC to Minneapolis.”
For all y’all in Minneapolis think you understand what it was like to be in a country that was attacked, you have no idea what it was like to actually be in NYC or DC the day it was attacked. The fact that you’re peeved about not seeing the speaker you had lined up shows that. If she was too scared to fly less than two weeks after the attack, then she was too scared to fly. Sorry about your $100. If that’s all you lost because of 9/11, be thankful.
“Obama represents the radical 60s.”
Huh?
October 20th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
““Obama represents the radical 60s.â€
Huh?”
You know the 60s, Pearatty. Buh-member? Back when all the kool kats were bombing various university campuses and tripping (NPI) over their plastic bongs to protest dis’ dat’ and the other thing.
Buh-member?
October 20th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
As I was born in December of 1969, I have only the very vaguest of memories of the 60’s, actually. Much as I imagine Obama does, at a hearty 8 years old at the end of that decade.
Y’all need to get over the 60’s, baby-boomers, all of you, left and right. It’s over, ok? Welcome to the twenty-first century.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
…you have no idea what it was like to actually be in NYC or DC the day it was attacked.
Pearatty, he’s talking about an event that was nine days later.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Eric:
Point made.
October 21st, 2008 at 12:01 am
Ok, I cannot leave this one alone.
I’m sure that by 9/20, the flag on your SUV was already getting tattered, Eric.
In New York, on the other hand, people who lived in the south end of the city were homeless and possessionless. Many of them were still stuck in New Jersey or the outer Bouroughs, unable to get back to their homes. The stock market didn’t re-open until 9/17. The theatre district was closed. Planes didn’t start flying to or from New York airports for a week. There was no cell phone service. The transit system was crippled by the collapse of the skyscrapers into one of the city’s main subway connection points. Manhattan was papered with heartbreaking posters, photos, fliers, of people looking for their loved ones, many of whom were dead. The lower part of the city was covered in thick ash for months. None of the businesses or homes for blocks and blocks around the WTC were accessible, much less open. One day, the first week people went back to work, bomb scares were called in to every skyscraper in Manhattan — every one was evacuated.
So, again, sorry about Jake’s $100. Some of us had a sense that there were more important things going on, on 9/20.