Some friends of mine used to play a game which consisted of being asked this question: When you leave a room, what would you most like people to say about you?

Mine was easy: “She’s too thin,” although there was a close second: “She’s a bitch, but talented!.”

An actor friend, noted for his humor and bonhomie and his pleasantly goofy look, hoped to hear something like, “well, he’s got no personality, but he’s gorgeous.”

You get the picture.

The personalty log-line that brought down the house came from that actor’s wife, also an actress, an extremely witty and beautiful earth mother bringing up two children, who wished to hear, “That woman’s a saint.”

Which brings me to Peggy Noonan and her latest apparently unconscious satire of Republican anti-immigration tropes.

I know, I know. Not her again. Why bother?

Trust me, this one is special. Here’s the setup.  Read more