Peggy Noonan's column reminds me of why I hate Peggy Noonan. Palin has been Palin since Day One. The media did not treat her unfairly (admittedly they treated Biden the Clown too charitably) Where was Peggy Noonan on Palin up until now? Now that practically everyone considers Palin borderline mentally unstable, which she has been from Day One, Peggy Noonan goes out on a limb and sends out another one of her condenscending columns on what our country needs in this hour of peril. Our country needs less of Peggy Noonan. She is insufferable.
Mitt is in like Flynn as nominee and could even be President if two things happen:
1) Economy keeps going south
2) Mitt does not try and pander to the Palin wing of the GOP, or as I call it at the moment, the GOP, but instead goes after the Tom Ward wing of the GOP, which at the moment may only consist of Tom Ward.
Obama is not doing well I think. Besides for economy: 1) Iran or 2) Sotamayor or 3) Honduras. 1) Obama should only address his comments to the Iranian people and ignore the mullahs as illegitimate (nothing we do will ever satisfy them anyway); 2) Nothing special and it is liberals who should be mad. Obama has pulled an O'Connor/Bork. He used up a sure pick on a not particularly great candidate for PC reasons and missed the boat on getting the strongest liberal intellectual he could find. Conservatives should love the pick for that reason; and 3)Supreme Court of Honduras is right, and deserves our support, the Chavez wannabe, whatever the fuck his name is the real coup leader.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Goodness, gracious. One feels obligated to post if only to move the grotesque Greenspan guy off the front page. ASAP.
Peggy Noonan has a very tough piece in the WSJ today consigning Sarah Palin to the trash bin. When you lose Reagan's speechwriter so completely, you are indeed finished. Sample excerpt:
Her history does not need to be rehearsed at any length. Ten months ago she was embraced with friendliness by her party. The left and the media immediately overplayed their hand, with attacks on her children. The party rallied round, as a party should. She went on the trail a sensation but demonstrated in the ensuing months that she was not ready to go national and in fact never would be. She was hungry, loved politics, had charm and energy, loved walking onto the stage, waving and doing the stump speech. All good. But she was not thoughtful. She was a gifted retail politician who displayed the disadvantages of being born into a point of view (in her case a form of conservatism; elsewhere and in other circumstances, it could have been a form of liberalism) and swallowing it whole: She never learned how the other sides think, or why.
In television interviews she was out of her depth in a shallow pool. She was limited in her ability to explain and defend her positions, and sometimes in knowing them. She couldn't say what she read because she didn't read anything. She was utterly unconcerned by all this and seemed in fact rather proud of it: It was evidence of her authenticity. She experienced criticism as both partisan and cruel because she could see no truth in any of it. She wasn't thoughtful enough to know she wasn't thoughtful enough. Her presentation up to the end has been scattered, illogical, manipulative and self-referential to the point of self-reverence. "I'm not wired that way," "I'm not a quitter," "I'm standing up for our values." I'm, I'm, I'm.
Mitt has to be pretty happy. If this thing sets up as Palin, Huckabee and Romney, it's gotta go Mitt's way. I mean it has to, doesn't it? No really, doesn't it just have to? If not, God help us all. Although I suppose Pawlenty is an alternative....
Meanwhile, the complete meltdown of the legal industry continues with Orrick leading the way, deferring this year's summer associate class start date to 2012, while completely blowing off interviewing in the fall.
But now that 'Sheed is in Boston (and now that he is ours, it has now become clear that the 41 technicals in a season were entirely due to referees overreacting), all is well with the world.
Peggy Noonan has a very tough piece in the WSJ today consigning Sarah Palin to the trash bin. When you lose Reagan's speechwriter so completely, you are indeed finished. Sample excerpt:
Her history does not need to be rehearsed at any length. Ten months ago she was embraced with friendliness by her party. The left and the media immediately overplayed their hand, with attacks on her children. The party rallied round, as a party should. She went on the trail a sensation but demonstrated in the ensuing months that she was not ready to go national and in fact never would be. She was hungry, loved politics, had charm and energy, loved walking onto the stage, waving and doing the stump speech. All good. But she was not thoughtful. She was a gifted retail politician who displayed the disadvantages of being born into a point of view (in her case a form of conservatism; elsewhere and in other circumstances, it could have been a form of liberalism) and swallowing it whole: She never learned how the other sides think, or why.
In television interviews she was out of her depth in a shallow pool. She was limited in her ability to explain and defend her positions, and sometimes in knowing them. She couldn't say what she read because she didn't read anything. She was utterly unconcerned by all this and seemed in fact rather proud of it: It was evidence of her authenticity. She experienced criticism as both partisan and cruel because she could see no truth in any of it. She wasn't thoughtful enough to know she wasn't thoughtful enough. Her presentation up to the end has been scattered, illogical, manipulative and self-referential to the point of self-reverence. "I'm not wired that way," "I'm not a quitter," "I'm standing up for our values." I'm, I'm, I'm.
Mitt has to be pretty happy. If this thing sets up as Palin, Huckabee and Romney, it's gotta go Mitt's way. I mean it has to, doesn't it? No really, doesn't it just have to? If not, God help us all. Although I suppose Pawlenty is an alternative....
Meanwhile, the complete meltdown of the legal industry continues with Orrick leading the way, deferring this year's summer associate class start date to 2012, while completely blowing off interviewing in the fall.
But now that 'Sheed is in Boston (and now that he is ours, it has now become clear that the 41 technicals in a season were entirely due to referees overreacting), all is well with the world.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Greetings, MC, long time no see. Lots going on in the world these days. It feels like we're in the middle of one of those periods where all of the assumptions are tested and all of the rules are remade. And that means it's time to step back and consider the broader picture, namely: who's got the hottest female political leaders? We'll call this award the Pinky, in honor of the late Benazir Bhutto. This year's nominees are:
Yulia Timoshenko, who typically wears her hair in that distinctive Ukrainian Orthodox halo braid but occasionally lets it hang loose and sexy.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who is 55 now but could have had a spot on Miami Vice back in the 80's.
Sweet, sweet Segolene Royale. Someday, she and I will share a cottage in Provence.
Neo-Fascist former porn star Alessandra Mussolini. She can visit Segolene and me for a weekend in Provence.
Our own Sarah Palin, who knows enough to wear a tee-shirt for the boys in Kuwait.
Yulia Timoshenko, who typically wears her hair in that distinctive Ukrainian Orthodox halo braid but occasionally lets it hang loose and sexy.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who is 55 now but could have had a spot on Miami Vice back in the 80's.
Sweet, sweet Segolene Royale. Someday, she and I will share a cottage in Provence.
Neo-Fascist former porn star Alessandra Mussolini. She can visit Segolene and me for a weekend in Provence.
Our own Sarah Palin, who knows enough to wear a tee-shirt for the boys in Kuwait.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
John, as you know you will get no argument from me -- advice and consent does have its merits. All's well that ends well though-- with Alito and Sontomayor, we have two additional Princetonians on the Court.
On the other hand, with all of Big Law in a shambles (Cravath mandatorily deferring its entire class of 2010: http://abovethelaw.com/2009/06/cravath_voluntary_deferral.php) and having to watch Kobe smirk and celebrate while Garnett rehabs his knee, things have been better in this country....
On the other hand, with all of Big Law in a shambles (Cravath mandatorily deferring its entire class of 2010: http://abovethelaw.com/2009/06/cravath_voluntary_deferral.php) and having to watch Kobe smirk and celebrate while Garnett rehabs his knee, things have been better in this country....
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Isn't it natural to die if a pillow is held over your face for a long time? I'm confused.
Tom, Tom, Tom . . . . No matter what he does or where things head . . . at least he did not nominate Harriett Meiers for the Supreme Court. Remember that?
Tom, Tom, Tom . . . . No matter what he does or where things head . . . at least he did not nominate Harriett Meiers for the Supreme Court. Remember that?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Small prediction: The Dear Leader. Kim Jong Il, of North Korea will die soon and it will not be a natural death no matter how reported. Why? Because he recently had a stroke and now North Korea is acting even more bat shit crazy than usual. Probably some kind of dementia related to his stroke or hardening of his arteries. Same thing happened to Stalin at the end. In those circumstances no one around the Dear Leader is going feel very secure, and they are probably afraid that he could launch a war just because his coffee was not hot enough or something. So I think they are going to kill him. Probably with a pillow. I don't give him too long. Anyway, just a prediction.
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