Comments on: Shorter Peggy Noonan

By: nikto

nikto — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:12:35 +0000

Here’s a few Master Narratives for you:

Republicans are lying crooks

Conservatives are criminal scum

Rightwingers are bad for America’s survival

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:40:37 +0000

Yet another shorter Peggy: â€œTake your stinking paws off Reagan, you damned dirty apes!â€?

Well, that made me giggle.

By: Anne Laurie

Anne Laurie — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:47:43 +0000

He was a delusional man who confused his b-movie roles with real life, promoted star wars, funded Iran-Contra, and took credit where little was due for the collapse of the Soviet Union. He stayed in office even when he had Alzheimers.

Yeppers — the master template for the Perfect Republican. Those aren’t bugs, those are *features*.

By: Susan of Texas

Susan of Texas — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:14:06 +0000

Yet another shorter Peggy: “Take your stinking paws off Reagan, you damned dirty apes!”

By: Dan Someone

Dan Someone — Sat, 05 May 2007 13:40:51 +0000

- Red Sox Fans Are Always Unhappy

No, no, no. That Master Narrative was retired in 2004. Besides, I think it was a mistaken variant of the true Master Narrative:

- Cubs fans will always be unhappy.

By: Marq

Marq — Sat, 05 May 2007 12:44:30 +0000

But it was Morning In Americaâ„¢Â®â„ Â©!!!1!

I guess no one had had their coffee yet.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sat, 05 May 2007 11:05:45 +0000

What’s up with the love for Reagan anyway? He was a delusional man who confused his b-movie roles with real life, promoted star wars, funded Iran-Contra, and took credit where little was due for the collapse of the Soviet Union. He stayed in office even when he had Alzheimers.

By: jenni

jenni — Sat, 05 May 2007 01:03:38 +0000

i saw an article in ap with jarvis cocker. they asked him what you should never do with a girl on the first date. his reply? never take her out for poultry. love that guy!

By: Sam Thornton

Sam Thornton — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:48:50 +0000

Imponderable questions:

1) Could Muhammad Ali beat Jack Dempsy?
2) Is George W. Bush dumber than Ronald Reagan?

The questions never end.

By: Sam Thornton

Sam Thornton — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:45:23 +0000

Ronald Reagan: America’s answer to Inspector Clouseau. Too bad the current crop of poseurs can’t be as witlessly amusing.

By: Priscilla, Queen of the Beach

Priscilla, Queen of the Beach — Fri, 04 May 2007 21:24:49 +0000

I just LOVE that pic of La Noonan! She is SO good at that wistful, wincing look. You know, the look one gets when someone who smells bad just entered her personal space or, perhaps, a sharp-edged kidney stone just made a slight move in her urinary tract. Oh, if only Ronnie were still here to see her!

By: Lawnguylander

Lawnguylander — Fri, 04 May 2007 21:12:10 +0000

I wonder if she ever did get to see Reagan standing there only in his underwear. I know she’d have given her whole life just to see it.

Something about wishing she could show a Little Soul too.

By: billy pilgrim

billy pilgrim — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:13:18 +0000

Dhalgren-

what about “Things were better back then”?

By: steve EVfuture

steve EVfuture — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:47:25 +0000

Ronald Reagan fucking sucked!

By: JK47

JK47 — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:16:12 +0000

Pulpâ€™s lawyers are on the phone. Jarvis is the greatest, and he's right: you-know-who are still "Running The World."

By: bemused

bemused — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:12:00 +0000

I’m ashamed to admit it, but that picture of the Noonan-thing is kind of cute. Dear God, I’m not supposed to have the hots for a Republican — much less an aging Reagan cult queen!.

Either I’m getting old or it’s MY brain that’s turning to mush. Or both, I suppose.

By: Dhalgren

Dhalgren — Fri, 04 May 2007 18:40:07 +0000

This comparison to Reagan is what we media scholars call a Master Narrative. It is a story or line of reasoning that you can recycle again and again when the opportunity to use it arises.

Other Master Narratives include:

- America Has Lost its Innocence (Vietnam, Oklahoma City, 9/11, VT)

- The Israelis and Palestinians Will Never Get Along

- Fall From Grace / Comeback (JT, Britney)

- Death of a Royal (JFK Jr., Princess Di)

- We Don’t Like Losers (Vietnam Vets, The Knicks)

- Red Sox Fans Are Always Unhappy

By: mikey

mikey — Fri, 04 May 2007 18:35:48 +0000

Pulpâ€™s lawyers are on the phone.

Oooppss, turned out it was just Big Bill Shatner.

mikey

By: eris

eris — Fri, 04 May 2007 18:26:22 +0000

[Republicans] should try instead a pleasant, "You know I don't think I'm Reagan, but I do think John Edwards may be Jimmy Carter, and I'm fairly certain Hillary is Walter Mondale." Oh suh-NAP!! You've just been Pegged!!!!

By: steve_e

steve_e — Fri, 04 May 2007 18:17:24 +0000

If only Peggy Noonan, part-time pixie and media gumshoe for the independent, low circulation rag, the Wall Street Journal, could get those Big Media people to stop making Republicans look stupid by worshipping Republican idols.

Wait…that doesn’t sound right. Just trust me, here. Somethin’ weird is going on. I mean, the media loves Republicans? That flies in the face of all the things the media has been telling us about the liberal media. It just doesn’t make sense. Good thing I don’t suffer from cognitive dissonance.