Posted on 09/03/2008 1:45:52 PM PDT by Alter Kaker
After a segment with NBC's Chuck Todd ended today, Republican consultant Mike Murphy and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan were caught on a live mic ridiculing the choice of Sarah Palin.
"It's over," said Noonan, and then responded to a question of whether Palin is the most qualified Republican woman McCain could have chosen.
"The most qualified? No. I think they wen tfor this-- excuse me -- political bullshit about narratives," she said. "Everytime Republicans do that -- because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at and they blow it."
Murphy chimed in:
"The greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and this is cynical."
In today's Wall Street Journal, Noonan was warmer to Palin, whom she wrote "could become a transformative political presence."
"The Sarah Palin choice is really going to work, or really not going to work," Noonan wrote. "It's not going to be a little successful or a little not; it's not going to be a wash. She is either going to be magic or one of history's accidents. She is either going to be brilliant and groundbreaking, or will soon be the target of unattributed quotes by bitter staffers shifting blame in all the Making of the President 2008 books."
Since filing, Noonan has apparently decided which side this one is coming down on.
Didn’t Noonan have a pro-Palin article today?
I think there’ll always be a pol who would hire Murphy because the Pol can determine the ideas and Murphy just has to run the media side.
As for Noonan, this dumb move will certainly cost her a few bucks if she writes a book because lots of us potential customers won’t buy and lots of conservative talk radio won’t be plugging it very hard.
She will still probably keep her token “conservative” role on NBC however. That’s precisely what they’re looking for.
See Newt Gingrich’s interview from last night for the kind of bold and direct commentary NBC doesn’t want. Noonan...no problem.
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Somehow, that doesn't surprise me, MITTFAN.
Murphy chimed in:
"The greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and this is cynical."
How is it cynical? How is it more cynical than running with Romney or Pawlenty would have been? Lieberman may have been McCain's favorite pick, but there are people out there who'd fight that choice cynical as well.
I also don't get the bit about "narratives." Or at least I can't see Peggy Noonan as somebody who can look down on "narratives" in politics. She was always more about imagery than ideology, so "narrative" should be right up her alley.
The MSM when not attacking Sarah have been saying in effect that she needs " to hit one out of the park tonight".
Meaning if she is good, that will not be enough.
I will vote McCain & Palin.
But if she says "Um" one time, she will be denounced as a moron.
I strongly believe that she can and will do great.
Obamas acceptance speech was weak as hell, but was praised by the priests of Messiah Hussein Obama.
Ouch. Not that a lot of us, regardless of whether we ultimately like the pick, haven’t had some of the same concerns. McCain wasn’t playing it safe with this pick. He was swinging for the fences and its too soon to say whether or not this pick is a homerun or a strikeout. Clearly it is a homerun with the base but will the swing voters be attracted to the pick? Or are we paying way too much attention to the importance of a VP pick in people’s decision making process?
Never believe these people until you have the facts.
“If Palin can excel tonight, she can still win some RATs and Indies over to our side. The MSM is going to continue to savage her, but if she keeps fighting, she may yet prove to be a shrewd gamble. “
One result of all the negative coverage is that the bar has been set very low for her. All she has to do is have an okay speech to be seen as better than expectations.
she’s an artist, not a clear thinker.
Uh.... lets be clear, you are exactly correct. I would never have voted for the McCain ticket otherwise. LOL!
“Somehow, that doesn’t surprise me, MITTFAN.”
So I like Mitt Romney- sue me. We wouldn’t be dealing with these distractions right now if Mitt had been chosen. That’s the good thing about choosing someone who has already gone through the presidential election wringer like Mitt has- the hostile press wouldn’t even bother to dig for dirt on him because he’d already been through the process.
I think most of this stuff on Palin is as bum rap from the liberal media. But we knew they were out there waiting to pounce- this pick just plays into their hands. Now no one is talking about Ayers or Wright or Rezko, it’s Palin this, Palin that.
That's it. No more benefit of the doubt. I'm done with her. (Not that I'll miss seeing her much since she's on PMSNBC.)
Hotline: Obama 42-33
CBS: Obama 43-37
McCain needs to make up some ground because our Magic Numbers for victory are:
92% GOP
18% RAT
45% Indie
Goodness, first the affair article and now this. Will these people ever stop????????
She appears jealous, as do a lot of the women I see on TC trashing Palin.
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Well...now we know who the MSM uses whenever they write:.....’according to long time republican sources.....Bush sucks, blahblahblah’ in article after article.
Now they can use her to Bash Palin...(eye roll)
McCain can certainly win my appealing to conservatives. he was at high risk for losing if he did not.
Obama won states that were in the eccentric liberal orbit. Hillary won states that were centrist.
Moderate Republicans are grotesquely lazy and sell outs. They cannot perform basic campaign tasks such as ground campaigning.
Noonan is a northeastern snob who wants friendship within the media elite more than principal. She does not want to end up like Joe Scarborough.
Team Obama, which doesn’t even have an American candidate, will no doubt use this for a commercial.
UNLIKE, John McCain who has sat on his ass during this assault on a fine Governor that brought us all on board!
I will say it, Republicans blew it when they nominated the Media’s candidate, who they have defanged over the years.
Screw everyone with their “The Media is Dead” mantra.
That is the BullS#%^! since they have dictated everything we would get and we sat back and said “Thanks, we don’t like our candidate anyway”.
Palin never got to speak before the endgame because neither did McCain!
The finality of this is cemented is the Right’s inability to vet opposition candidates and then use the information they find, becoming wusses.
It’s good to see that Fox News held back when it had the Jesse Jackson tape, and McCain has never questioned Obambi’s Associates.
The High Road will take us right to the (USSA) United States of Socialist America where we are taxed to death, abortions are free, and we support a welfare state while awaiting our next election run by the UN.
We have been thoroughly outplayed and if this keeps up....
OBAMA DESERVES TO BE PRESIDENT.
Looks like the audio file has been pulled. Anyone download?
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