It the narratives, stupid

Den bästa amerika-vals täckningen jag hittat är trots allt Martin Gelins SvD-blogg, vilket ju känns lite snopet nu när man rest många hundra mil. Men det är väl så det är i globaliseringens tidevarv. Han publicerar i alla fall den här sjukt intressanta konversationen mellan tre politiska experter - i ett läge då de trodde att mikrofonerna var av...

"De inblandade är alltså: Chuck Todd (neutral politisk analytiker på MSNBC), Mike Murphy (republikansk strateg) och Peggy Noonan (före detta talskrivare åt Reagan, numera kolumnist på Wall Street Journal, och ambivalent Obama-supporter).
Ämnet: Sarah Palin.

MM: It's not gonna work. And --
PN: It's over.
MM: Still McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech to do himself some good.
CT: I also think the Palin pick is insulting to Kay Bailey Hutchinson, too.
PN: Saw Kay this morning.
CT: Yeah, she's never looked comfortable about this --
MM: They're all bummed out.
CT: Yeah, I mean is she really the most qualified woman they could have turned to?
PN: The most qualified? No! I think they went for this -- excuse me-- political bullshit about narratives --
CT: Yeah they went to a narrative.
MM: I totally agree.
PN: 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.
MM: You know what's really the worst thing about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and this is cynical.
CT: This is cynical, and as you called it, gimmicky.
MM: Yeah."

"They went to a narrative" Briljant! Varför säger de inte sånt när mikrofonerna är på?

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