When Character Took A Backseat To Charm

I like Peggy Noonan. Besides having a rather MILF-esque quality (uptight conservative rolls his eyes) to her, she wrote a great book on Reagan and has been a reliable voice for years.

But in today's WSJ she wrote a piece that I found rather strange.

First off she didn't think the behavior by the lefties in attendance at Coretta King's funreal was anything to worry about:

A moment for a distinction that must be made. Some have compared Mrs. King's funeral to the Paul Wellstone memorial. It was not like the Wellstone memorial, and you'd have to be as dim and false as Al Franken to say it was. The Wellstone memorial was marked not by joy but anger. It was at moments sour, even dark. There was famous booing.

The King funeral was nothing like this. It was gracious, full of applause and cheers and amens. It was loving even when it was political. It had spirit, not rage. That's part of why it was beautiful.

Okay she's throwing down the gauntlet to the Hugh Hewitts, Powerlines and Jay Redings that made the exact point that it was similiar to the Wellstone memorial and "There they go again". It'll be interesting to see if they respond to being called as "Dim and false as Al Franken".

But that wasn't as weird as the 5 paragraphs she spent telling us how much she loves the Clintons. Check out some of these quotes:

Bill Clinton was, as always, the master...He talked about Mrs. King in good strong plain terms...Together, side by side, with beautiful hairdos...With Bill nodding beside her, his hands clasped prayerfully in front of him, nodding and working that jaw muscle he works when he wants you to notice, for just a second, how hard it is sometimes for him to contain his admiration...God I love them

I read the piece again looking for signs of irony, but could find none. In fairness, she does call Mrs. Clinton "Mr.s Meanieface" one sentence before she said if we didn't understand this was the Clinton's rehearsing for the 2008 election we were children.

"God I love them" about the Clintons? Perhaps this is some hormonal thing I don't understand, but that girl aint right.