Peggy Noonan, Mike Murphy Mic On Sarah Palin Gaffe

You'd think with the recent Jesse Jackson misstep, when he spoke ill of Barack Obama when he didn't realize he was still being recorded, that those talking head people on news shows would be really careful about what they say anytime they are within listening distance of any microphone.

A few days ago a former advisor to John McCain named Mike Murphy and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan were on some cable news show being interviewed by an anchor named Chuck Todd.

On the air they were talking about the Sarah Palin pick for VP. Murphy and Noonan were gung-ho about the pick. On the air.

And then when they cut to show a clip a technical boo-boo let their real feelings be known, live, to the listening viewers.

The anchor Todd said, "I also think the Palin pick is insulting to Kay Bailey Hutchison."

Mike Murphy said, "Still McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech to do himself some good."

To which Peggy Noonan said, "It's over."

The anchor Todd then says, "Yeah, I mean is she really the most qualified woman they could have turned to?"

Noonan then says, "The most qualified? No! I think they went for this, excuse me, political bullshit about narratives."

Anchor Todd then agrees with, "Yeah, they went to a narrative."

Murphy then says, "I totally agree."

To which Peggy Noonan adds, "Every time the Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at, they blow it."

Then former McCain advisor Murphy responds with, "You know what's really the worst thing about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and this is cynical."

To which anchor Todd says, "This is cynical and as you called it, gimmicky."

Then the clip ended and they went back to praising the pick of Sarah Palin.