Reply #168: She's just upset that they took her advice...

[nankerphelge]

and it backfired horribly. Salon has a pretty good article on it:

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

"The next time Peggy Noonan offers GOP leaders free advice, for the sake of their party they might want to beg off. It was just one week ago that the Wall Street Journal columnist sounded the alarm for conservatives, urging Republicans -- for their own self-interest -- to take every step possible in order to save Terri Schiavo. "You have to pull out all the stops," Noonan implored."

"A key element of Noonan’s strategy, besides the fact that it would please the GOP’s pro-life base, was her insistence that the maneuver was completely risk-free because there was "just about no one" on the other side to oppose Republicans -- nobody who supported Michael Schiavo, the “disaffected husband.” No one, that is, accept for "the few bearded and depressed-looking academics he's drawn to his side." According to Noonan, "Politically this is a struggle between many serious people who really mean it and one, just one, strange-o." Better yet: "Move to help Terri Schiavo, and no one will be mad at you." In other words, a lay-up for Republicans."

... it goes on to point out the obvious; you were so very wrong , Ms. Loonan!