peggy noonan and i have a love/hate relationship. in the 90’s, when i was still developing my political core, i read her all the time — i learned so much from her smart insights and really loved her eloquence. i was indeed her biggest fan. then she ate worms or something because she became an elitist, a so-called gop purist of the worse kind, and went to crazy town over sarah palin.

i now only occasionally read her, but in today’s article, she lets nobel peace prize laureate, barack obama, know he owns the ‘mess’ he claims he only ‘inherited’ and it’s now his rubble and he should stop whining, roll up his sleeves and get to work:

The president doesn’t seem to like this moment. Who would? He and his men and women have returned to referring to what they “inherited.” And what they inherited was, truly, terrible: again, a severe economic crisis and two wars. But their recent return to this theme is unbecoming. Worse, it is politically unpersuasive. It sounds defensive, like a dodge. . . .

This is not a sign of confidence. . . .

But the point on the We Inherited a Terrible Situation and It’s Not Our Fault argument is, again, that it is worse than unbecoming. It is unpersuasive.

well duh, peggy – i’m still annoyed with you. nevertheless, it’s a terrific article. go read the whole thing.