Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, greets Levi Johnston, left boyfriend of Bristol Palin, second left, as vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, right, looks on as he arrives in Minneapolis, Minn., where he will attend the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Noonan, Murphy trash Palin on hot mike: 'It's over'
Ben Smith 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
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 mike ridiculing the choice of Sarah Palin.
"It's over," said Noonan, who 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 went for this excuse me political bullsh** about narratives," she said. "Every time Republicans do that ... because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at and they blow it."
I've not kept up with the ins and outs of Peggy Noonan, but there's something about her I like. Schlafly too, although I can come up with hundreds of points of disagreement right off the top of my head.
The Republican presidential nominee also told ABC News, in an interview Wednesday, that his running mate is capable in foreign policy matters in part because "Alaska is right next to Russia."
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God."