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Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan Speak the Truth…When They Think No One Is Listening

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From Talking Points Memo:

Written by: Tedski on 3 September 2008.

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  • Steve P.No Gravatar
    September 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    I don’t see the issue here. Murphy and Noonan have a right to their opinions. Palin won’t make everyone happy, but she sure fills a void that McCain had. The fact that Murphy and Noonan don’t agree is meaningless to me. And the fact that it is somehow some major breaking news story is silly.

  • TedskiNo Gravatar
    September 3rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Steve -

    Not breaking news, you are right. But it is unusual to have two respected Republican operatives dismiss the vice-presidential nominee, doncha think?

    Oh, and even better when one spends so much time talking about what a great nominee she thinks Palin is:

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122044753790594947.html?mod=todays_columnists

  • LizaNo Gravatar
    September 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    This is from Leiberman’s speech last night, talking about McCain and Palin:

    “Let me tell you, friends, that the Washington bureaucrats and the power brokers are not going to be able to build a pen that will hold in these two mavericks. It’s just not possible…”

    Yeah, now they are both mavericks and reformers. I would be laughing hysterically if this were not so potentially devastating.

    I just keep thinking of the theme from “Maverick” every time someone says that. Somehow I can’t make the association between John McCain and a young James Garner.

    “Who is the tall, dark stranger there?
    Maverick is the name.
    Ridin’ the trail to who knows where,
    Luck is his companion,
    Gamblin’ is his game.
    Smooth as the handle on a gun.
    Maverick is the name.
    Wild as the wind in Oregon,
    Blowin’ up a canyon,
    Easier to tame.”

  • Tom PrezelskiNo Gravatar
    September 3rd, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    What? Wasn’t TV’s Maverick the guy who would do anything to avoid a fight? Wasn’t he the one who was proud to be a coward?

  • DonnaNo Gravatar
    September 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    I thought that was the guy on “Branded”.

  • Tom PrezelskiNo Gravatar
    September 4th, 2008 at 5:56 am

    No, the guy on “Branded” wasn’t a coward, he just had a serious lapse at the battle of Cripple Creek and was trying to live it down, just like Harry Faversham in “The Four Feathers.”

    “Maverick” wasn’t really a coward either, he just told everyone he was.

  • azw88No Gravatar
    September 4th, 2008 at 8:55 am

    Tom, you spent waaay too much time watching western re-runs as a child!

  • ItalianaNo Gravatar
    September 4th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Having come of political age during the Reagan years (I still have the twitch), I thoroughly enjoyed seeing his speechwriter, Peggy Noonan, fall from her pedestal.

    Remember St. Ronnie’s commandment?: “Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican”

    For those of us who were excluded from “Morning in America”, this incident was pure vindication.

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