Peggy Noonan joins NBC, MSNBC as political contributor

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

Award-winning Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan has joined NBC News and MSNBC as a political contributor.

Noonan, who served as a speechwriter for former President Reagan and is a frequent critic of President Trump, made her contributor debut on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

In a recent column that made waves on social media, Noonan called Trump a "drama queen" while praising the first lady for her "stoicism and grace."

"He’s a drama queen. It was once said, sarcastically, of George H.W. Bush that he reminded everyone of her first husband. Trump must remind people of their first wife," she wrote. "Actually his wife, Melania, is tougher than he is with her stoicism and grace, her self-discipline and desire to show the world respect by presenting herself with dignity.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/347462-peggy-noonan-joins-nbc-msnbc-as-political-contributor

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Blech.

[DURHAM D]

1. .

[Squinch]

4. You beat me to it! That was my reaction EXACTLY!

[KT2000]

5. +100

[brush]

10. Winger Greta and the blonde what's-her-name Kelly (the prize acquistion) didn't work out so...

Lack recycles another repug from and earlier generation who will also suffer from lack of ratings.

Good move, Andy .

It would be nice if these suits earning big paychecks knew what they were doing.

[hlthe2b]

2. She may write well, but omg is she hard to take "in person"...

That "affected" manner of speaking and exaggerated expressions, get really old--not to mention the Reagan worship. Still, at least she goes after Trump.

[kimbutgar]

12. She always sounds like she's had a couple of dry martinis on the morning shows!

[CTyankee]

31. Yup, I noticed that a long time ago, which is why you don't see her much on those

shows. I DID once see her on Morning Joe and she sounded a bit better so maybe she cut down on the dry martinis.

[Paladin]

16. Personally, I don't think she writes worth a shit.

It's always been a mystery to me how she's been able to make such a handsome living as a journalist. And her directing a few skanky words at trump doesn't make up for MSNBC bringing her on board, while so many sharp, experienced, liberal spokespeople are passed over.

[SharonClark]

33. Agree.

[potone]

34. I agree.

The best thing about her writing is that it is writing. At least then we don't have to hear her voice. I have always found her manner to be insufferable.

[Paladin]

40. Good points. (nt)

[machoneman]

17. Exactly!

Her often used tactic of drawing-out-each-word-she-speaks.... maddening.

It's as if she thinks the viewer will think she's either smart or has something profound to say.

Neither is true, Nooner!

[PatSeg]

19. I'm glad she is hard on Trump,

but it is painful listening to her talk. You just want to stick your hand down her throat and pull the words out of her. So many long, long pauses and as you say, the affected manner of speaking are absolutely maddening. She should stick with the written word, she is not television material.

[deminks]

3. Nooner! She gives the word pontificate new meaning.

[still_one]

6. Chris Matthews used to drool all over when Peggy Noonan was on his show.

So glad I don't watch any of that garbage anymore

[Chipper Chat]

7. ugh

That is all.

[irisblue]

30. my response as well

Ugh squared

[Chipper Chat]

32. thank god for remotes!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. Is it possible anymore to even think of her without the phrase "Chardonnay Canaries" coming to mind?

[Blue_Tires]

9. It's like the media learned jack fucking shit from their failures of 2016

[Cosmocat]

20. The "liberal media"

Next time Fox brings in a crusty ass liberal version of this dip will ...

Oh, hell, will NEVER happen.

[nevergiveup]

11. Hoity Toity

that's all I got

[Daddyleg]

13. Racist

Someone should go through the archives for This Week. About 15 years ago I watched her say a black man that was later found not guilty by DNA evidence still deserved life in prison because he was poor and black so he was guilty of something. That has bothered me all of these years. No one seemed to care.

[hlthe2b]

14. Years ago (many) we had a long-term DUer write about her (they went to school together, high

school, I think).... It was very funny and revealing.

I wish I could remember who it was and find that post, but I suspect it was from one of the prior versions of DU.

Anyone else remember?

[CatMor]

15. She praised Melania for doing absolutely nothing.

Melania seems to be devoid of any personality. There is nothing natural about her.

[Scarsdale]

24. Maleria seems to be

in a world of her own. Likely daydreaming about her real man, the security chief at Tiffanys in tRump Tower. Hardly a deep thinker, since she just recycles Michelle Obamas wise words. She is and was a nude lesbian model, nothing more nothing less. Her parents live with her, probably to protect her from tRump, unless they are Russian agents? Her father was a big shot in the Communist party back home. I wonder how they got visas?

[procon]

18. Why is MSNBC trying so frantically to normalize Republicanism?

How many Republican operatives are host their own shows now? The higher ups have learned nothing from the fate of the no-ratings-for-you-Greta, and the disastrous rollout of Kelly-in-a-red dress (que song lyrics). Get a clue, all you rich guys in the posh corner offices, the MSNBC audience is not liking what all your newly hired Republican hosts are throwing at us.

[PatSeg]

21. Possibly because that is what Trump has done

He is so far out there, that many right-wing republicans seem to sound "normal" now.

[ebbie15644]

22. WTF

I'm sick of this shit

[Dawson Leery]

23. The crimes of Reagan

http://listverse.com/2015/01/15/10-reprehensible-crimes-of-ronald-reagan/

[usaf-vet]

25. Moves like this is why we cut the CABLE four years ago.

Stupid, stupid, stupid she has nothing to say that is worth listening to. NOTHING!

[Scarsdale]

26. If and when she

sobers up, could someone please inform her that Saint Ronnie passed away? She STILL seems to be carrying a torch for him. Her innards must be pickled by now after all these years of boozing.

[Bradshaw3]

27. Not to mention she is awful on tv

I haven't seen her in a long time but she flutters her eyelids and cannot make eye contact with the host or camera. Like D'Souza just shows you don't have to have cred of any kind to be a RW pundit on tv.

[pangaia]

28. Just another pompous, egotistical, disgusting asshole.

Wonder what her salary is?

The minimum salary in the L A Philharmonic is about $155,000.
For a recent Oboe ( I think it was) opening there were 400, count 'em FOUR HUNDRED, applicants. All of whom I am sure could play every note in the repertoire. 70 were invited to send in videos. I think about 20 were invited to the first round of auditions.
ONE was chosen.

Who is worth more to society?

[Sanity Claws]

29. She strikes me as someone who keeps a bottle of booze in the bottom desk drawer.

She likes to think she is a lady so it's probably gin or vodka, not Scotch.

[Blue Idaho]

50. Bottom of the desk drawer?

She strikes me as someone who drinks straight from the bottle and keeps it no more than an arms length away.

[stopbush]

35. She's an idiot.

I laughed at her stupid "touch the face of god" bullshit. A sappy diversion from the fact that Reagan sent those astronauts up there to die because he wanted to talk to the teacher in space.

She's the kind of person who turns people into cynics.

[zipplewrath]

36. Useless

I've never found much in her to justify her job. She may have written good speeches, but she has little insight at all. At best she is the proverbial broken clock that accidentally writes something that is true.

[LakeArenal]

37. Ugh!

[GoCubsGo]

38. I give her 3 months.

Max.

[stuffmatters]

39. Just Ugggh And all of the above

I'm getting tired of having to mute every one of these MSNBC Repug (Frum & Will especially self rightgeous & Kristol's been popping up)contributors.. These are the assholes who dominated Sunday TV the last twenty years, the "intellects" who sold America what is today's Repug Party, for which Trump is the inevitable, logical product. Now that they're all "Antitrump" were supposed to listen to their bullshit without blame on MSNBC.

Giving Fox "news actors" Kelly, Sustern whole shows was an insult to any informed MSNBC/NBC viewer.
Putting the ugliness of this Reagan crushed, canaried (chardonnay/) Clarrissa is further insult to those who look to MSNBC for some
intelligent, factual analysis.

More to mute.

[SethH]

41. fans of brow-wrinkling rejoice

[Bradshaw3]

42. Just as annoying and pointless as ever

Just watched her for a few seocnds on MSNBC. She hasn't improved with age

[stopbush]

52. She tried her usual tactic of being the contrarian, which she thinks makes her look

like she has some insider viewpoint, but she was immediately shot down by R Charlie Sykes, who disagreed with her entirely. Made her look like the ass she is. She expects other journos to bow and scrape before her because she wrote infantile speeches for that shit Reagan.

[Bradshaw3]

53. I couldn't watch her that long.

but I'm glad she got shot down.
Although with her over-inflated ego it won't matter to her.

[YOHABLO]

43. Although she hates Trump, she's still an arrogant right wing shill. Reagan's brain.

[mdbl]

49. my thoughts exactly

Just because she dislikes trump doesn't mean she's aligned with the left. She's still a repug through and through.

[TNNurse]

44. That pompous, overly dramatic GOP supporter

needs to get down grovel and apologize before I will listen to her.

She is smug and self-righteous and has an overwhelming sense of her importance.

[hatrack]

45. Maybe they can get Maureen Dowd and Cokie Roberts, too . . .

Trifecta!!

[mdbl]

48. ROFL!

[shadowmayor]

46. Glad to see the Adults are in charge again!

Now it's mimosas with brunch every day of the week!! Another great move by msnbc.

[Deb]

47. Why?

Are they starting a new slow paced opinion based program?

[underpants]

51. Come on. She lights up the screen

[Skittles]

54. she can fuck herself

and by the way Peggy, waxy and stiff as a corpse does not mean "stoicism and grace"

[MFM008]

55. Wonderful