I don’t think Peggy is showing maturity when she refers to Palin as a nimcompoop. Nonetheless, her article makes some excellent points.
By and large, this article is proof positive of the old axiom: “Even a blind pig finds an occasional acorn.”
As to Noonan’s vitriolic, over the edge hatred of Sarah, it’s really all very simple: Sarah is a youthful and beautiful acknowledged leader; Noonan is a wrinkled up old has-been whose primary role is to be trotted out by the far left whenever they want to present “proof” that a “conservative” agrees with them.