{"id":16389,"date":"2012-08-30T07:13:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T13:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=16389"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:05:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:05:12","slug":"peggy-noonan-jumps-into-the-blogosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/08\/peggy-noonan-jumps-into-the-blogosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Noonan jumps into the blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I noticed this the other day, and wondered when she had started blogging. I presume it was just in time for the conventions. \u00a0Politico<\/a><\/strong> notes:<\/p>\n

Out the gate, Noonan\u2019s actually proven to have a great knack for the medium \u2014 mix of opinion and reporting, first-person informal, relatively frequent. Not bad for a 61-year-old veteran of the long form.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She does have a knack for it, and is bringing her usual deft touch to writing about the GOP convention in Tampa. Some snippets: \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mike Huckabee\u2019s speech is\u00a0the best\u00a0of the convention so far.\u00a0 What a fabulous,\u00a0old fashioned podium-thumper.\u00a0 He has been the only speaker tonight with the size to fill the room, the only one who can read a teleprompter without looking shifty-eyed,\u00a0the only one with the confidence to go there at length on the meaning of such issues as the president and the Catholic church, and the only one who captured the full attention of the crowd.\u00a0 Just a wonderful speech about the meaning of things.\u00a0\u00a0Out of the\u00a0park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And this:<\/p>\n

Ann Romney was stunning, sweet, full of enthusiasm, a little shy, a little game for the battle. Her speech was fine. I think the headline was that she and Mitt got married young, lived in modest circumstances and struggled a bit while he studied and tried to get a foothold in business. But it was scattered, full of declarations \u2014 \u201cTonight I want to talk to you about love\u201d \u2014 that weren\u2019t built upon but abandoned. Strong as the impression of personal beauty is, I think she missed an opportunity.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how I see it. I have just spent the past two and a half days talking to people who\u2019ve known Mitt Romney well for ten, twenty and thirty years, even more. They love him, and in all their conversations they say either literally or between the lines, \u201cIf only you knew him like I do.\u201d It is their mantra. They mean it, and they are so frustrated. They believe he is a person of unique and natural integrity, a kind man who will give you not only his money but his time, his energy. They see him as a leader. They know the public doesn\u2019t see this. They don\u2019t understand why. And, actually, I don\u2019t blame them, because it really is a bit of a mystery. If he\u2019s so good why can\u2019t his goodness be communicated?<\/p>\n

The opportunity Ann Romney missed was to provide first person testimony that is new, that hasn\u2019t been spoken, that hasn\u2019t been in the books and the magazine articles. She failed to make it new and so she failed to make it real.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure her speech was a loss but it doesn\u2019t feel like a gain. We\u2019ll see. The real reaction to a highly publicized speech emerges not overnight on twitter but over days and weeks as people chat in the office and on the sidewalk in front of school. So we\u2019ll see what they say, we\u2019ll see how it bubbles up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She\u2019s pretty fair-minded when it comes to analyzing political rhetoric. \u00a0I can\u2019t wait to see what she says about the Democrats.<\/p>\n

Meantime, I think she\u2019s worth a bookmark.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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