Commentary It is with regret that I must record a radical parting of the political ways with my dear friend, columnist Peggy Noonan, (and many other like-minded commentators). Our differing views of candidate and President Trump have been a matter of civilized and often humorous comment for five years. Peggy saw from the outset better than most observers the attractions of Trump to a wide swath of America who felt that they had been ignored and disparaged by the rich Reagan and Bush Republicans and forgotten by the Clinton and Obama Democrats in their hot pursuit of the approval of the yuppies and the trendies. I have no standing to mind read but Peggy Noonan came to Washington to serve President Reagan, a great president and consummate gentleman. He used to say that his 11th commandment was “Never speak ill of a fellow Republican,” and he never did. Donald Trump …
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