STFU Noonan

A Farewell to Harms Palin was bad for the Republicans—and the republic.

Peggy Noonan

Nothing demonstrates the seachange that's taken place within the Republican/Conservative/Libertarian complex than Peggy Noonan.  Sweet Peggy.  Author of  Bush 41's  "a thousand points of light."  For some time now, having nothing whatever to do with politics, I've found Noonan to be increasingly unctuous, and her writing condescendingly preachy.  I bought her book (forgot which), but quickly drowned in the oceans of sweet syrup she heaps on everything. Now I view her along with other erstwhile conservatives, a repugnancy.  I'll let the Sophist speak for me, and millions of others I'll venture. “ That I am a fan of Sarah Palin is not, I think, a secret.  That I did absolutely nothing for the 2008 election until McCain named Palin as his running mate is true.  That I regard Sarah Palin as the future of the Republican Party, and absolutely the most astonishing politician I have seen since Ronald Reagan, may be sign of bias and foolishness on my part… but it is nonetheless true. Because I think Sarah Palin is the most gifted politician in a generation — quite possibly since Ronald Reagan himself — with an incredibly compelling personal story and rock-solid principles, I regarded her recent resignation as a real positive, as Kowalski did, because she is now free to become the focal point of both the national conservative movement and the conservative wing of the Republican Party.  She astonished me with her decision to resign.  If she never runs for elected office again, well, that’s her decision.  I suspect that we’ll hear from her again. ” It's Noonan, and ilk, who David Kahane spoke of in I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin, on the failure to confront the evil we face with all out war. “ Of course, you won’t. You’re too nice, too enamored of history and tradition to realize that the rules have changed. Remember, I live and work in a town where, “Hello, he lied,” isn’t a joke; we men of the Left are perfectly comfortable lying, cheating, and stealing — hello, Senator Franken! — in order to attain and keep political power. Not for nothing is one of our mottos, “By Any Means Necessary.” You see, we’re the good guys, and for us the ends always justify the means. We are, literally, shameless, which is why Bill Clinton is now a multi-millionaire and Eliot Spitzer is already on the comeback trail. ” Peggy Noonan is lobbying for sainthood; Palin is a blue collar warrior.  What the times call for.