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restorefreedom

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26. excellent point

Reply to niyad (Reply #17)

Sun Jul 12, 2015, 11:26 AM

Jul 2015

one that an elitist like her probably can not imagine

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Interesting comment about Trump by Peggy Noonan [View all] question everything Jul 2015 OP

I didn't know she had that in her Warpy Jul 2015 #1

maybe she has sobered up in her elder years... CTyankee Jul 2015 #7

Every once in a while she says something that makes me think we can make a democrat of her Jack Rabbit Jul 2015 #10

No. Yes. Note Ms. Noonan's assumption that the "best" were privileged classes, not those who came, Hortensis Jul 2015 #20

That's why she put the word in quotation marks. Demit Jul 2015 #35

Wooh... MrMickeysMom Jul 2015 #11

Perhaps, like most Republicans she is afraid that Trump will lose them the election question everything Jul 2015 #18

That makes Trump different from the other GOP candidates how? Jack Rabbit Jul 2015 #23

Bernard Bailyn, Voyagers to the West malthaussen Jul 2015 #2

Thanks for that SusanaMontana41 Jul 2015 #21

Trump can see the Mexican border from his New York City penthouse.. Playinghardball Jul 2015 #3

lol n/t restorefreedom Jul 2015 #25

So true. kentuck Jul 2015 #4

It is so weird to like TNNurse Jul 2015 #5

Cant believe she said that - good for her. jwirr Jul 2015 #6

Um..."Paddy wagons" were named for the IRISH COPS, NOT IRISH CRIMINALS. She simply uses the WinkyDink Jul 2015 #8

I'm thinking about that song "This old man, he played one, he played knick knack on CTyankee Jul 2015 #13

They all became Episcopalians. maindawg Jul 2015 #14

Potato famine Irish here. Conscription-dodging German on the other side. NBachers Jul 2015 #9

So much for the rich brag about family that came over on the Mayflower as if they're royalty. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #12

mm, did she mention things like the "no irish need apply" signs? niyad Jul 2015 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Hortensis Jul 2015 #16

by the way, peggy dear, just because people are poor, does not mean they are not "the best" niyad Jul 2015 #17

She may have been thinking of the "wretched refuse" line... malthaussen Jul 2015 #24

excellent point restorefreedom Jul 2015 #26

Heh. Just look at Trump - LiberalElite Jul 2015 #34

Not surprising in the least. The repug sadoldgirl Jul 2015 #19

New Colossus ... the sonnet on the Statue of Liberty NotHardly Jul 2015 #22

She equates best with elite. WTF is that. Why do people do that? lonestarnot Jul 2015 #27

Because she's in "the elite" herself (presidential speechwriter, etc) JHB Jul 2015 #30

So can that be carried into the white middle class working stiffs? Identification? Is that why lonestarnot Jul 2015 #32

Even a stopped clock... JHB Jul 2015 #28

Yep shenmue Jul 2015 #31

Is she kookie roberts sister? lonestarnot Jul 2015 #29

And signs said, "No Irish Need Apply." MineralMan Jul 2015 #33

Anyone see the movie "Another Earth"? randome Jul 2015 #36