In Glenn Greenwald’s smackdown of Peggy Noonan he digs up this gem of hers from 2004:
Mr. Bush is the triumph of the seemingly average American man. He’s normal. He thinks in a sort of common-sense way. He speaks the language of business and sports and politics. You know him. He’s not exotic. But if there’s a fire on the block, he’ll run out and help. He’ll help direct the rig to the right house and count the kids coming out and say, “Where’s Sally?”
Running out to help. Directing the rig to the right house. I couldn’t come up with a more accurate way to describe Mr. Bush than that, as he flew over New Orleans two days after Katrina struck.