I’m concerned that Nooners is concerned.

As I’m sure Noonan would tell you, consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, BT.

You could then point out to her that inconsistency, OTOH, is the hobgoblin of vacant minds.

There you go, beating the poor darling about the head and shoulders with her own words…again. I fear she’ll need an extra helping of meds today because of this.

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You be the judge:

The Republican base is foreign investors and the KKK.

The Democratic base is local investors and one imaginary moderate.

F**k ‘em all.

No, really: Join us in boycotting Limbaugh’s advertisers, and sending in FCC & FEC complaint forms.

Something to do.
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Nooners is concerned that our political parties are too slavish to their respective bases.

The GOP wins low turnout elections or fear elections 9/11. They win with bare majorities and act like they have a mandate.
We win when a majority of voters pay attention to the issues and to be honest things have gotten so bad that people feel they have to vote.
Things are so bad right now our base plus the independents who support us on some issues like Ending the War and National Healthcare give us almost 9/11 level support.
To get something as unpopular as IMF funding passed either Peggy gets the Corporate Wing of the GOP to make a stand against the Limbaugh wing Fat chance I know.
Or Obama bribes us with National Healthcare or a 16 month plan to get out of Afghanistan cash for clunkers is insulting.

Except she has always had a vacant mind.

That photo must make conservative christians so proud, if not a little nostalgic. Those were heady days when they had one of their own in power. Never mind that there were no new anti-abortion or anti-gay laws passed or even attempted. Pretending to be christian was good enough for them.

Indeed. The grown-ups in charge should always ignore their loony bases for the good of the country.

Because the Elites Bushies Cronies all did such a good job? Our Dems never found a Spine even after we gave them the House and Senate even with Obama in the WH they still are Spinless!
The GOP must be worried that despite Reagan, Bush, and Bush being Presidents for 20 years Tax Cuts always get somehow get passed but abortion being made illegal?
Naw the GOP needs their base angry. Their base after decades of frustration is loosing it now.

Is she on drugs or something? This morning on Morning Blow she acted more spaced out than usual.

absolutely not necessarily (to plagiarise from the immortal “base player” palin).

Four years ago Noonan predicted, “If [the wingers] can’t save [Terri Schiavo’s] life, they will face a sizable reckoning from their own base. And they will deserve it.” Now I’m reading about the horrendous abuse and harassment undergone by the staff and families of the patients living at the hospice in which Terri Schiavo lived during her last years, in “Stupid America” by Charles Pierce. As a longtime Pierce fan, I knew his book would be well-written and acerbic, but I have to admit, I had NO IDEA that people living, working, or caring for relatives in HOSPICES endured the same aggressive scrutiny and torment as folks in reproductive health clinics.

One of the protesters outside the hospice sent a child into the facility with a glass of water for Terri Schiavo, “which would have drowned her,” said a hospice worker.

Stupid. Vindictive. Lethal. This is a country that “thinks” like Peggy Noonan.

It’s quite Presidential (in a GWB sense) how Palin has moved from calling out Levi Johnston to calling out David Letterman. Republics must be so proud.

Has Peggy ever heard the words Concern Troll? I think she might be the Concern Troll of the Year, David Broder is the only other Elite talking head who competes with her.
How to be a Very Serious Person
1) Make Grand Predictions that always favor the GOP, Portend Doom for Dems?
2) Make Grand Observations about the common man (Joe the Plumber?) and how they just love the GOP?
3) The GOP is so great at running the economy!
4)Blame immigrants, poor people, Non whites when things go wrong but use Code Words like Reagan did only uncultured white trash talks openly of such matters to the public.
5) Never worry that the batting average on your predictions is less than a kid at his first day at Little League.
6) Never worry about the facts, report/make up rumors if you have too anything to make the GOP look good Dems bad.

Peggy’s record of making accurate predictions as a pundit makes one wonder just how she keeps her job?
But they do explain why newspaper readership is down.
The relationship between less newspaper readers especially conservative readers and the rise of the democratic party might be something to look into?

Just when are we going to define one sided propagandist and honest issue orientated opinion and call it such?
Our blogs go after Obama on the economy, ending the wars etc.
The GOP the probusiness party when the banks had their crisis before the election they blamed government for making banks give home loans to poor people. Despite the fact that 1) this is false and 2) the GOP lost money lots of money just like the rest of us!
We call a spade a spade the GOP makes excuses and never solves problems that involve taking to task one of their own.

Obama’s DOJ just defended DOMA in a court filing, citing incest and pedophelia.

Right wingers are seemingly less in thrall to the axiom of automatic support for the Least Worst, no matter what, and so therefore elements of their base can be counted on to sit out elections sometimes and let the (R) lose if necessary, if the candidate does not kowtow to them enough.

hmmmmm, I wonder if this has anything at all to do with why the (R) party has drifted ever rightward into the fever swamps, dragging the devoid-of-principle (D) to the right as well?

Projecting? That would explain it

empthwheel has the goods, upstairs!
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Expect anything different from Repukes.They are the highest order hypocrites.It’s only good when they do it.Thanks Blue for showing the old quotes of Noonan advocating Bush cater to his base.

ALL YOUR BASE ARE–ah, forget it.

Have another martini, Peg. Saturday noon will be here soon, you can get up and start over.

Ordinarily I think you would be guilty of dumbing-down the print and broadcast media. But in Peg’s case, I’m not sure it doesn’t help.

To be fair, with Brian Williams, it probably wouldn’t make a difference, nor with Rush. With Peg, it would at least keep her up to her usual speed. Lord knows it would take more than one Guinness to have any effect on Marcy. Rugby players eat their dead.

The Obama administration has a duty to oversee GM so long as it owes the US taxpayers money. If micromanagement is what’s required, then micromanagement is appropriate. If GM’s management demonstrates it has a vision for its future and a workable business model, then in short order micromanagement will not be an issue.

National health care either by way of a universal single payer health care plan, or a meaningful public health option open to all Americans who wish to enroll in it, is vitally necessary. 17% of current GDP goes towards health care and it is projected to be 25% in the year 2025. Premiums are unaffordable on an individual basis. Private employers left and right are reducing or eliminating benefits. When people lose their jobs they often lose their health care either at the same time or more gradually as they run out of money to pay the premiums and co-pays and deductibles. (The Department of Labor ought to be keeping statistics which show which lost jobs had health and other employee benefits attached to it, and which new jobs have health and other employee benefits attached to it. You would see a clear pattern.) Because of the Bush recession and the enormous financial bailout that was required to save the economy, it is impossible to go back and commit 17% to 25% of GDP on health care and retain a complex and vibrant and expanding economy. Something has to give Peggy, and it is not going to be Americans giving more and more of their take home pay to the health care insurance giants. What part of this equation don’t you understand Peggy?

Finally, there is nothing new around which to grow the core of our economy since we have done our best to send all manufacturing jobs to whichever country has no organized labor, low pay without benefits, no environmental standards, and no or low corporate income tax rates. We have hit bottom Peggy, and we need a new manufacturing initiative that will lift all boats with its rising tide. It’s called green manufacturing and in Germany they are already greening their economy for the 21st century. It isn’t as though we have a decade to debate this issue. It is upon us and you either seize the day and become the leader of a brand new global industry, or you don’t and you suffer the consequences of failing to lead.

I’m sorry that you are so distraught Peggy. President Obama is playing the hand that President Bush left face up on the card table. He may discard some that Bush would have retained, and he may be lucky or unlucky on the pickups. But he doesn’t have the choice of not playing the hand. He can’t fold Peggy even if you and your fellow Republicans who are, might I remind you, tainted by gross national incompetence over the last 8 years, believe that folding a bad hand and accepting one’s fate without a fight is the apex of leadership.

Thanks for the offer Peggy, but I’ll stick with Obama for the time being. And you have yourself a great day!

Lord, I detest her writing style.