Tag: Peggy Noonan

Two of the Right’s best columnists weigh in on Palin

Posted by D.R. Foster Jul, 10, 2009 @ 9:48 am

Thankfully, I’ve mostly (mostly!) managed to steer clear of Cable News’ 25/8 “coverage” of Sarah Palin’s impending resignation. But the parade of punditry aside, there have been some interesting things said on this score.

Exhibits A and B are columns from the NYT’s Ross Douthat and the WSJ’s Peggy Noonan.

In his column “Palin and her Enemies”, Douthat makes the case that Palin’s appeal was as much about her class–her role as an antidote withdrawl to the East Coast Ivy League elitism of the Obama circle–as her ideology, and that her retreat from politics marks a defeat to a particular vision possibility of success in American life:
“…she really is the perfect foil for Barack Obama. Our president represents the meritocratic ideal — that anyone, from any background, can grow up to attend Columbia and Harvard Law School and become a …

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Tags: GOP, Republicans, Sarah Palin, NYT, conservatives, Alaska, WSJ, media, Governor, Ross Douthat, politics, Peggy Noonan, Ivy League,

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Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Posted by D.R. Foster Jan, 14, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

Barack Obama joined a cadre of conservative commentators for a meal of lamb chops at the Chevy Chase, MD home of George F. Will. Also in attendance were David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer, Peggy Noonan and William Kristol.

I’m sure that some other industrious little blogger out there came up with the above headline to describe Barack Obama’s dinner last night with conservative pundits, but surprisingly none of the big boys did. Here’s what they were talking about:

Chicago Sun-Times Washington Columnist Lynn Sweet offered an early blow-by-blow stakeout of the event, having done everything but wiretap George Will’s house:
“The PEOTUS departed Hay-Adams at 6:17 p.m. and at arrived at 6:34 p.m. at No. 9
Grafton St., Chevy Chase (right off the circle). Thanks to the good work of Hans
Nichols (of Bloomberg and “Daily Show” fame), Montgomery County property tax
records showed this is …