Noonan: "They're trying too hard for diversity, but this is an emergency ...

[EffieBlack]

"They need to get the smartest and best people they can find."

Translation: Diversity is nice if we don't have anything better to do. But this is an emergency, so let's stop playing around and bring in the smart white guys.

Interesting how people, when just allowed to talk, often say more than they mean to say.

[Zavulon]

1. I'm sorry, I'm out of the loop.

Could I please have a link to whatever this is referring to? I tried http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=noonan+%2B+diversity and came up with nothing.

[EffieBlack]

5. She said it on Morning Joe

about the Obama administration - they were all sitting around grousing about how the administration is, in their view, staffing up too slowly.

[Zavulon]

7. Missed that, thanks.

Holy shit. She really said something like that? Move over, Rush.

[EffieBlack]

9. To her credit, Mika responded along the lines of "You can find very qualified people of all races

and genders."

But she said in that mealy-mouthed, please don't get mad at me voice she increasingly uses, so it really didn't have any impact.

[Zavulon]

10. At least Mika tried.

I didn't see the show, but if I were in Mika's shoes I'd have either been too shocked to come up with anything better, or I'd have gone off so quickly and harshly that I'd have been cut off by the "Please Stand By" signal and later fined heavily.

[AllentownJake]

2. Yes because

the second in command of the AG office under a former administration, a sec of state who almost was a Presidential nominee, and all of Barack's other cabinet people are woefully inexpereinces.

Newsflash Peggy, the rookies in the Obama White House...are White males.

[EffieBlack]

11. Yes - but since some of them are black and female, it means that he didn't get the best

and there are some poor, mistreated white guys who got stepped over for those posts.

[BlooInBloo]

3. It's funny because smart white guys are the ones who drove us into this ditch.

[Blue_Tires]

18. +1

[Karenina]

22. +2

[cliffordu]

20. yep.

[Number23]

28. "Smart" should be in quotes, don't you think?

If they were as smart as they were white and male, then there would never have been a problem...

[BlooInBloo]

4. hahaha! Ghandi's little saying is out of order, but would still probably apply here.

[Dawgs]

6. Maybe if the Senate and the Republicans weren't slowing down the confirmation process...

WTF!!

[spanone]

8. dear peggy, this is why your phone isn't ringing.....

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. Was she aware this time that she was still on the air? nt

[EffieBlack]

13. Oh, yes - she was quite pleased with herself

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. What an ass clown. Although I have to admit I'm a little jealous. Who wouldn't

want to get paid a ton of money for spewing nonsense day in and day out.

[Blue_Tires]

17. is that Jet Jaguar?

i only recently found out who he was...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. Actually it's Ultra Man. nt

[avaistheone1]

23. I am sorry, but I think that woman is the village idiot looking for her village.

[Pharlo]

15. Sheesh, I misunderstood what she said...

I misinterpreted 'diversity' as 'bi-partisan' and thought to myself "Damn, Peggy Noonan was actually right for once. It is an emergency and Obama SHOULD worry less about finding token Republicans and just surround himself with the best and smartest he can find - which, by default, would be liberals."

But, I misunderstood. Sort of gratifying in a way. I'd hate like hell to have to agree with Ms Noonan.

[blueclown]

16. Peggy, fixing this crisis is above your pay grade.

Time to get back to doing something you know how to do, like getting back on your knees to blow Ronald RayGun.

[CTyankee]

19. Peggy, come back when you sober up...

drunk on her ass again, I see...

[QC]

24. That same line of reasoning is often employed right here on DU.

You can find many examples in this thread.

[Cha]

25. She doesn't know shit about Obama..

and what a fucking racist thing for noonan to say.

Obama has always said they would get the best person for the job.

[butterfly77]

26. So what she really means is..

bring in the thieves..

[Phx_Dem]

27. Yeah, you're right Peggy. Fuck diversity. Bring back the old white men!

They did such a smokin job for the last eight years.