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June 02, 2007
Peggy Noonan late to the party
Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan has written a piece criticizing President Bush for squandering the political gains he made after 9-11, and fragmenting the Republican party to the point where they may lose the White House.
But the article turns out to be an equally persuasive indictment of Ms. Noonan and her ideological comrades, who where all too happy to ride the Bush train when only liberal Americans were feeling alienated by the administration's self-destructive policies.
Regarding the new immigration bill and how the president has dealt with conservative outrage over it, she remarks, "on immigration it has changed from 'Too bad' to 'You're bad.'"
Noonan goes on to say, "The president has taken to suggesting that opponents of his immigration bill are unpatriotic--they 'don't want to do what's right for America.' His ally Sen. Lindsey Graham has said, 'We're gonna tell the bigots to shut up.'"
Boo-hoo, Peggy. This is vintage George W. Bush, and it turns out you don't like the sour taste anymore than we liberals.
Bush has made a political career out of painting anyone who disagrees as not only ignorant, but cowardly and dangerous.
In 2006 Bush remarked about Democrats, "The party of FDR and the party of Harry Truman has become the party of cut and run." The sin of the opposing party? Casting doubt on a disastrous invasion and occupation.
The GOP as a whole has painted homosexuals as the threatening "other," seeking to undermine marriage, the foundation of American life (which apparently only works out for 50% of us, anyway). This fear has brought voters to the polls in support of gay-marriage bans.
Make no doubt about it, the insinuation is quite cynical. Al Qaida can bring down buildings, but homosexuals are seeking to alter the fabric of American life.
Ms. Noonan is late to the party, and finding out that her host isn't who she thought he was. Peggy, that slight anger and sting you feel? Welcome to the past seven years of my political life.
Posted by Greg Sidor at June 2, 2007 01:22 AM