Comments on: Ambition, distraction, uglification and derision http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/29/ambition-distraction-uglification-derision/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/29/ambition-distraction-uglification-derision/comment-page-1/#comment-27873 Ymarsakar Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:02:35 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3523#comment-27873 Obama's done more to crush the poorer class of Americans than his political opponents. Obama needs to change himself before he will have the wisdom to change America for the better. Obama’s done more to crush the poorer class of Americans than his political opponents. Obama needs to change himself before he will have the wisdom to change America for the better.

]]> By: BrianE http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/29/ambition-distraction-uglification-derision/comment-page-1/#comment-27860 BrianE Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:09:28 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3523#comment-27860 Noonan's comments speak more to the excesses of 24/7 media coverage, talking heads, and being too clever for your own good. As a speechwriter, Noonan paints pictures with words, and while her off the cuff comment might play on the Colbert show, it was over the top in this hyper-sensitized era we are in. Her hyperbole, though, does raise a valid point-- governing by anecdote. As much as we we sympathize with the plight of individuals who have "slipped through the cracks" or whatver shopworn phrase you choose, it is not a good way to decide policy. Noonan’s comments speak more to the excesses of 24/7 media coverage, talking heads, and being too clever for your own good.
As a speechwriter, Noonan paints pictures with words, and while her off the cuff comment might play on the Colbert show, it was over the top in this hyper-sensitized era we are in.
Her hyperbole, though, does raise a valid point– governing by anecdote. As much as we we sympathize with the plight of individuals who have “slipped through the cracks” or whatver shopworn phrase you choose, it is not a good way to decide policy.

]]> By: dg http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/29/ambition-distraction-uglification-derision/comment-page-1/#comment-27850 dg Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:32:45 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3523#comment-27850 This is why I always felt not entirely comfortable with the GOP: http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=163693 Peggy Noonan lives in a nice apartment in NYC, has had a very privileged life, and it shows as she makes fun of the sob stories of real Americans suffering in a tough economy. She makes Phil Graham's comments about whiny Americans look good. Joe Scarborough, who asked where the Bush and Republican-led federal aid was, out loud and on camera, shortly after Katrina had blown through, should not be laughing at such insensitivity during a time of real economic insecurity in America. I know her attack is the speech, not the hurting Americans, but even that criticism is arrogant. You can call the liberals on MSNBC praising Obama's and others' speeches as fawning, but when Pat Buchanan and William Crystal are doing it, you have to wonder in what bubble Noonan actually lives. Talk about someone with the power of eloquence and no substance... This is why I always felt not entirely comfortable with the GOP:

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=163693

Peggy Noonan lives in a nice apartment in NYC, has had a very privileged life, and it shows as she makes fun of the sob stories of real Americans suffering in a tough economy. She makes Phil Graham’s comments about whiny Americans look good. Joe Scarborough, who asked where the Bush and Republican-led federal aid was, out loud and on camera, shortly after Katrina had blown through, should not be laughing at such insensitivity during a time of real economic insecurity in America.

I know her attack is the speech, not the hurting Americans, but even that criticism is arrogant. You can call the liberals on MSNBC praising Obama’s and others’ speeches as fawning, but when Pat Buchanan and William Crystal are doing it, you have to wonder in what bubble Noonan actually lives. Talk about someone with the power of eloquence and no substance…

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