Peggy Noonan and An Open Mic, a Comedy of Errors From YouTube and HuffPo
This is important because it's Peggy Noonan, and she's been a GOP talking-point-reading card carrying pundit-ess for, well, forever.
Noonan is now an author, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and a commentator on broadcast and cable television news shows. She remains a Reagan-style conservative, and she often criticizes the Republican Party leadership. Noonan is a member of the Manhattan Institute's board of trustees.
In mid-August 2004, Noonan took a brief, unpaid leave from the Wall Street Journal to campaign for George W. Bush's reelection. Noonan has become increasingly critical of the administration since Bush's inaugural address in January 2005,[5][6] reflective possibly of schisms affecting the current-day U.S. conservative movement.
Before the Reagan years, she worked as daily CBS Radio commentary writer for anchorman Dan Rather at CBS News, whom she once called "the best boss I ever had." From 1975 through 1977 she worked the overnight shift as a newswriter at WEEI Radio in Boston, where she was later Editorial and Public Affairs Director.
With Mike Murphy, the guy who pissed off a lot of us (and Keith, apparently) at the DNC, she screwed up big time.
Wall Street Journal columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan and former John McCain adviser, Time columnist, and MSNBC contributor Mike Murphy were caught on tape disparaging John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate.
"It's over," Noonan said.
They have the clip, click over there. I don't wanna steal their thunder, I just want you to hear it.
The stuff in question starts at about 35 seconds, after they cut away, in fact.
Open mics are a bitch, especially, it seems for Republicans (and Jesse Jackson).
