Teh Nutroots | Oh dear oh dear. Two well-known GOP shills, Peggy Noonan and political consultant and McCainite Mike Murphy dissing McCain's choice of running mate. HuffPost has more.
For bonus fun, check out Peggy N explaining what she really meant to say at The Wall Street Journal. The backing and filling is piled right on top of a previous article, arguing that Palin is "a clear and present danger" to the Left.
Shorter Ms. Noonan: Sarah Palin is the American Left's worst nightmare! We in America are all Wausillans, not Chicagoans!...
[aside] K. That's a wrap.. By the way, that was bullshit I just said. It's over, do you hear me? O-V-E-R. Hey, is that thing on? Uh, it is?
NOVER! I said "NOVER!" As in, "It isn't over!" NOVER! NOVER, NOT OVER...---".
Shorter Lefty Blogosphere: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
For your consideration, some blogger reactions....till the joyous moment when the media recovers from its shock and starts beating its collective breast.
Let's pause for a moment to reflect on this excerpt from the Noonster's original pre-retraction piece, arguing that Sarah P is a "clear and present danger to the American Left."
She could become a transformative political presence.
So they (the Left) are going to have to kill her, and kill her quick.
So did we just witness a mercy killing?
Wonkette: "Oh merciless heavens! Peggington Noonanshire MCMLXVII, our veritable erudite PRINCESS OF WORDSMITHERY, was captured on a dastardly “hot microphone” giving voice to such uncouth sayingisms as “bullshit,” about Caribou Barbie Sarah Palin!"
Jonathan Martin: " These "smears" may be tougher to blame on the liberal media."
Alex Koppelman: "....a conversation that defines brutal honesty."
Bob Cesca: "Republican strategists Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy think that the McCain campaign is "over," "cynical," "political bullshit," and "it's not gonna work." But they only believe this when no-one is looking."
AMERICAblog: "Oh my God. Everything we've suspected is true. The GOP is flipped out over this pick. Maybe the evangelical base is happy - maybe - but core Republicans, core conservatives, appears to be apoplectic and demoralized. Noonan was Reagan's most famous speech writer. She's no lightweight in the party, and she's no sexist."
Chet Scoville at Shakesville: "In public, they're putting a brave face on it, but behind the scenes, they're pretty sure they're toast."
Crooks and Liars: "Are they all just lying to our faces and not being called out about it by our talking heads sitting right next to them? We just witnessed the real deal and not the dog and pony show Republicans are so good at."
Jack and Jill Politics: "What is it with people and the hot mics? Turn that sh*t off!"Sadly, No! "There are only two possible explanations for this. Either Peggy had consumed too many Grey Goose martinis before going on the air causing her to say shit she doesn’t mean or Peggy says stuff in her column to forward the Republican agenda without regard to whether she believes those things or not. Whichever is the case, it’s not a pretty picture."
Oliver Willis: "So you know, for all those years of us talking about how they just serve up a load of bull, as I said yesterday… there you go."Cernig: " Priceless. if Noonan was a Samurai she'd be unsafe around shortswords right now."
Hillzoy: "Tell us what you really think..."
Jeff Fecke: ""She could become a transformative political presence." She could, Nooners! Unless the media keeps tearing her down. Like, say, Peggy Noonan, this afternoon."
Pensito Review: "This may be the first time you’ve ever heard Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan not lying — and wouldn’t you know that they only speak the truth when they think the microphone is off."
Kevin Drum: "Now you know what they're saying in private. What they're saying in public is a whole different thing, of course. Why?..The social conservative base is giddily in love with Palin. They want her to be the future of the party. And you cross the base in public at your peril."
John Cole: "Screw the foreplay....I feel so much better. I think I need a shower."
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