[Pokey78]

Pinging the Peggy list!

[Rokke]

I think I'm in love with Peggy Noonan. She is awesome.

[JulieRNR21]

Did you see him with the families of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, and then with the mourners in New York, at Ground Zero? He was a genuine comfort. A genuine one. He understood it was about them and not him, and in each case he gave the families what they signaled they needed. If they wanted to talk he stopped and talked; when they wanted to hug him and weep, he took them in his arms. He was there to serve, to give and to represent.

Even now, two years after the previous president, it is still a relief--an enormous relief--to have a president who doesn't make every event a sickness-tinged drama in which he simulates emotions he does not feel and draws the cameras with the heat of his need, his persona, his never-sated ego. Smarmy bathos is gone. Thanks again, God.

[wardaddy]

I love Peggy but I could give a rat's ass what the UN thinks. Was Milosevic a bigger threat than Saddam? Hardly and we cleaned him up all to help our beloved Islamic friends. Great.

[I still care]

Mr. Bush believes America is different among nations, invented on the basis of what is, literally, a heavenly idea: God created all men equal, and they must therefore move through the world, through life, with equal rights. We are uniquely blessed, uniquely situated between the oceans, uniquely the natural home of those born elsewhere who yearn to be free. And so we have special responsibilities, and a special role: We lead, and for the good of the world.

This is what I keep trying to explain to the liberals I know, and they don't get it. Thanks to Peggy for explaining it so neatly.

[Fiddlstix]

Bttt

[ThePythonicCow]

Thanks, Pokey. Thanks, Peggy. Thanks, W. And thank-you, God.

[RJCogburn]

Do I think he "made the case" for U.S. action against Iraq? I think he made a first and serious one but not the final one

That's about right.

[FryingPan101]

Thanks for the Peggy-ping, Pokey. She is awesome.

[RWG]

Chris Matthews asked last night if Mr. Bush was "a cowboy." He is not.

I have known cowboys, I know about Mr. Bush, Sir, Mr. Bush is a cowboy and a great one.

[tear_down_this_wall]

Smarmy - "Hypocritically, complacently, or effusively earnest; unctuous."

Bathos - "Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos."

Gone - "Yipeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

[paulklenk]

From the article: "He was inspiriting."

Is this a Bushism on the part of Noonan?

[Darlin']

Another wonderful column by Ms Noonan. However, I don't especially feel that UN approval is a good 1st step and I know it isn't a needed one.

As I watched the speech yesterday, I kept thinking of passages from the presidents's Inaugral Address, they seem prophetic:

"Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations. -snip-

"Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

But the stakes for America are never small. If our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most. -snip-

We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.

We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.

The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth. -snip-

This work continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.

God bless you all, and God bless America."

I think W is the angel in the whirlwind directing this storm.