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 enlarge | Author: Peggy Noonan
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 13396
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0061735825
Dewey Decimal Number: 352.2360973
EAN: 9780061735820
ASIN: 0061735825
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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 Please: Distribute free to all members of Congress! November 8, 2008
I am not Peggy Noonan's kind of woman. One of my first political memories is my sense of powerlessness, at 17, that I could not cast my vote against Ms. Noonan's mentor, Ronald Reagan. And I remained a Democrat, an east-coast, Harvard-educated liberal until recently.
I am still a liberal, but I am not a Democrat. Or a Republican. I am an American. Not in the way either party likes to use that term, but in the real, passion, love my country, believe we are, yes, the free-est nation there ever was, governed by laws and principles of right and justice, not by men (or women or politicians). We were and are and, if everyone reads this book, will still be a shining beacon to the world.
I believe that. Do you?
More and more, it seems like we have all--Republican and Democrat alike--lost America in the bickering and negative campaigning and silly partisanship. We are so busy arguing whether to paint the lifeboat blue or red that we cannot see the ship is sinking.
And then along comes Peggy Noonan's little book. A pamphlet, really, in the tradition of Tom Paine: Common Sense. It's not very well written. I picture Ms. Noonan dictating it in a fever of frustration and hope and fear and love for her country. No time to edit: just ship it out. But Ms. Noonan was right. It had to be said, even if it is repetitive and breathy and the editors were all on vacation that month.
We are at a critical juncture in our history: our principles of free conscience and liberty are under attack and we risk losing our world position as the standard-bearer for liberty. We can no longer afford to wonder, "Why can't we just get along?" The time for that has passed: if we are to uphold the freedom that is our birthright, we must put aside the partisanship that has frozen us. We must get along. We must rally around our common beliefs and leave the differences for another day. Our politicians must be brave. They must tell their advisors and funders and radio partisans: "Enough. Don't you understand? We can save America. We must save America. We are a great nation, all of us, but it will take all of us: the Republicans and the Democrats and the Christians and the Harvard-educated East Coast Liberals."
Peggy Noonan has taken the first step. Old line party politician or no, she has said what needed saying. The least you can do, is read it. It may just be the most important book you read this century.
Rushton Has Written the Definitive Review!!! November 6, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I ordered this book two days before the election based on the Rushton review, which I consider masterful.
It arrived today, the day after the election. I read it in about three hours or so.
As one who did not vote for President-elect Obama, I believe it is a book (more like a long three part essay) which should be ordered for him, his Cabinet, and every member of the House and Senate. Everyone who cares about this country and it's status in the world would profit from reading it, as well.
I am sick and tired of the politics of this country since November 2000. The hatered, the excessive partisanship, the willingness to weaken the country for political advantage are debilitating and dangerous.
We do need change. What kind of change we get will determine our progress as a country and a free people. There is change which can be decorative and insubstantive. Or there is change which can try and lift up our standing as a country that is still capable of doing great things and adhering to the basic role of government.
President Obama is presented with a dangerous world and difficult times. The time for blame is past. If he wants to lead this nation to greatness and a renewed sense of unity, he has that opportunity. If he choses otherwise it will have been a great opportunity squandered and the results can be not only demoralizing, but deadly.
Peggy Noonan speaks from a troubled heart, but with a great love of this country and we would all do well to hear her.
 Another Babbling Head November 5, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Rather a grand dame these days, Peggy is comically infused with her own sense of being the universal Spokesmother of us all and that's what I couldn't get past. Thus, the author ruined her own book for me.
Would not buy it October 26, 2008
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'll be honest: I did not read the book. Having read Noonan's work in the past, I leafed through it in the store and read some paragraphs at random. It immediately struck me that this elitist rails against the very thing she is doing to Sarah Palin!
So I put the book back on the stack.
hypocrisy October 26, 2008
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is from the person who said Palin's selection was Bull****!
Noonan is only out for money and will say anything to get it.
Consider the hypocrisy. Peggy Noonan, a onetime Palin cheerleader who is now a harsh critic, is author of new book called Patriotic Grace. Better titled Savage Grace.
Her book argues against the kind of instant diabtribes that Noonan unleashed on Palin. Physician, heal thyself first.
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