"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Was that youtube earlier in thread worth watching?

The one in which Noonan and Mike Murphy didn't know they were being
recorded? It's not a very big deal, actually. Murphy said that choosing
Palin was a cynical move for McCain, and Noonan said something
uncomplementary, although I forget exactly what it was.

I can't remember either. I watched the video, didn't really do much for me.

The most interesting thing about it is that it's another example of how
different their attitudes about individual politicians are on the record,
versus off. It's short and you may find it entertaining.

I always do. I value consitancy. Even that of those I do not agree with. After a while,
we tend to put people in columns in order to save wasting time on figuring out each time
where they stand in relation to our values. I value a consitant pol that stays where I
placed him. The inconsistant one is the worse of the bunch. Like a dog that may or may
not bite you and might lull you into dropping your watch until you get bit.

In the interest of full disclosure, I've thought that Peggy Noonan is an
overrated windbag for 25 years or so. She's an interesting writer, but her
opinions sound thin and sophomoric to me.

The longer I have listened or read her the less I have enjoyed it. After all these are
speech writers. They only get their words read if the politician agrees with the
positions expressed.

IIRC, Peggy was in the R. Reagan administration, I wonder how many times Ronnie sent her
work back for rewrite or just did it himself.

It is sad, Lincoln wrote his own speeches and some were masterpieces, I wonder when the
speech writer come into common usage. I would prefer to hear a pol speak his or hers own
words on their own. I can ignore any roughness, I'm more interested on plain truth and
honest intention.

Wes
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"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller