Quote from Peggy Noonan in the WSJ: “You’d better be pretty good going in, because it’s not going to make you better.”
She’s talking about politicians going into politics.
I’ve often said that politicians are generally less corrupt than their constituents. What often provokes me to say that is seeing what people ask their congresspersons to do for them — things that a congressperson would have no business doing in a good government.
Peggy Noonan is referring to something a little different — the way politicians both left and right need to change to deal with the Iraq war.
A time for grace
America needs unity in dealing with Iraq. That means the president must lead.
Friday, August 31, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDTWhat will be needed this autumn is a new bipartisan forbearance, a kind of patriotic grace. This is a great deal to hope for. The president should ask for it, and show it.
Normally I’m against bipartisanship, but in this case I think Ms Noonan is right.