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Peggy Noonan is an asshole. Always has been (Original Post) stopbush Oct 2020 OP
Don't. Get. Me. Started SallyHemmings Oct 2020 #1
I think I'll skip her bullshit. madinmaryland Oct 2020 #2
I think she's envious of her youth, brains, personality and general likeability. Sorry Peg. LOL. n monmouth4 Oct 2020 #3
Years ago, (DU2?) we had a DUer who went to elementary & maybe high school w Peggy hlthe2b Oct 2020 #4
I remember her, but I don't remember the post. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #13
What did she say about her? smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #19
That even then she was a self-serving delettante' hlthe2b Oct 2020 #20
Thanks. I guess some people never change, but their personality flaws just seem smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #21
She was part of the Reagan personality cult. yellowcanine Oct 2020 #5
She's jealous ... LSparkle Oct 2020 #12
Her claim to fame is coming up with that embarrassingly sophomoric Reagan line stopbush Oct 2020 #24
Claire McCaskill just blasted her on MSNBC Green Line Oct 2020 #6
Poor folks in blue and red areas have no idea who she is BlueLucy Oct 2020 #7
Let me guess the contents. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #8
And, the sun is hot and water is wet. nt GoCubsGo Oct 2020 #9
Nicolle Wallace just went off on her on MSNBC mcar Oct 2020 #10
She's a racist bit@ch Deuxcents Oct 2020 #16
I guess she missed Sarah Palin? Boogiemack Oct 2020 #23
She's the worst Tom Rivers Oct 2020 #11
It pisses me off to no end Bev54 Oct 2020 #14
Old dog, no new tricks. But plenty of killjoy. Pfffff. N/T Guilded Lilly Oct 2020 #15
Wasn't she one of Tweety's darlings? nt Atticus Oct 2020 #17
Peggy Noonan's head is so far up Donnie Dipshits ass maxrandb Oct 2020 #18
Yep. Always. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #22
This is all about Kamala Harris dancing?? peggysue2 Oct 2020 #25
Yep. Assholery abounds. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #26
Peggy's still alive? TerryMcGeehin Dec 2021 #27

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)
4. Years ago, (DU2?) we had a DUer who went to elementary & maybe high school w Peggy
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:57 PM
Oct 2020

She was a popular and prolific poster. I think her name was Gloria but don't think she came over from DU2.

At any rate, she wrote a scathing and very cathartic piece on Peggy that I dearly wish I'd saved. It was a joy to read/reread.

Anyone remember?

Crunchy Frog

(26,610 posts)
13. I remember her, but I don't remember the post.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:06 PM
Oct 2020

I wish there was an effective search function for the older DUs.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. What did she say about her?
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:58 PM
Oct 2020

I'm sure you can't remember exactly, but what was the general gist of her piece?

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)
20. That even then she was a self-serving delettante'
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:02 PM
Oct 2020

whose self-perceived superiority drove everything she did (that assessment is perhaps guided more by MY opinion than anything she actually said, but I do know Peggy wasn't all that well thought of in school by others).

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. Thanks. I guess some people never change, but their personality flaws just seem
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:06 PM
Oct 2020

to intensify with age and power.

yellowcanine

(35,701 posts)
5. She was part of the Reagan personality cult.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:58 PM
Oct 2020

And don't forget her bizarre tale about Elian Gonzales being saved by GAWD sent Dolphins.

LSparkle

(11,660 posts)
12. She's jealous ...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:05 PM
Oct 2020

In her day she was the flavor of the month, lusting after Ronnie and writing saccharine prose for his speeches. A friend of mine said back in ‘84 that it was obvious she wanted to jump Raygun’s bones and was trying so desperately to please/seduce him.

Now she’s an old political hag (sorry). Did she ever write anything so scathing about Sarah of the Word Salad? Don’t recall but I think Miss Piggy is only threatened by competent women who can string words together perhaps close to as well as she can and with more authenticity. Noonan is a huge FAUX.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
24. Her claim to fame is coming up with that embarrassingly sophomoric Reagan line
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:27 PM
Oct 2020

about the Challenger astronauts dying in a horrific fireball, calling it their “touching the face of god.” The DC pundit crowd swooned over that childish bullshit for decades.

A pathetic, Hallmark card excuse for Reagan’s complicity in their deaths by pushing for NASA to get them into space so he could talk to a school teacher aboard the craft.

BlueLucy

(1,609 posts)
7. Poor folks in blue and red areas have no idea who she is
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:01 PM
Oct 2020

Peggy Noonan is not relevant at kitchen tables across the country.

Crunchy Frog

(26,610 posts)
8. Let me guess the contents.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:02 PM
Oct 2020

Blah blah blah radical leftist, blah blah blah Marxism, socialism, communism, blah blah blah Antifa, chaos, violence!!1!!!1

Was I anywhere close? (Not going to actually read it.)

Deuxcents

(16,298 posts)
16. She's a racist bit@ch
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:33 PM
Oct 2020

Her article needs to be shredded. Her remark about Ms Harris being young n giddy and “she’s dancing with drum lines..” She ends her rant suggesting the dancing was Embarrassing “.

 

Boogiemack

(1,406 posts)
23. I guess she missed Sarah Palin?
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:15 PM
Oct 2020

What people like Peggy, Donald and others like them really hate: black men and women with brains, good looks, talent, great personalities, genuine compassion, decency and a fearlessness that does not tremble or fade in the face of their ridicule and nasty lies.

MLK, MalcolmX, Barack and Michelle Obama, Susan Rice, ...just to name a very few.

Peggy has always been obnoxious to me.

Bev54

(10,066 posts)
14. It pisses me off to no end
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:07 PM
Oct 2020

when MSNBC and CNN and ABC still put her on their pundit panels. The woman has always been a hard rw but now she is showing her racism too.

peggysue2

(10,836 posts)
25. This is all about Kamala Harris dancing??
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:47 PM
Oct 2020

This observation makes Harris insubstantial and frivolous? Has Noonan caught Trump's dancing/involuntary twitches of late? Or the way he assaults the American flag, pretends he's making out with the Stars and Stripes?

Really, Peggy Noonan needs to sit this one out. Or throw back a cocktail and take the broom out of her ass.

Caliman73

(11,742 posts)
26. Yep. Assholery abounds.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:02 PM
Oct 2020

Harris is smart, confident, powerful, and she can dance and show joy. I am sure that is very scary to people who are uptight and generally already afraid of strong Black women anyway.

I would love to see Noonan interview Harris. The fear would be palpable.

Keep doing your thing Kamala!!

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