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Old 07-13-2009, 02:42 PM
Deckard
issue 37
 
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Re: Palin resigns as governor of Alaska
I'm sure several of you have already picked up on it, but I think it's worth repeating - from former Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan:

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In television interviews she was out of her depth in a shallow pool. She was limited in her ability to explain and defend her positions, and sometimes in knowing them. She couldn't say what she read because she didn't read anything. She was utterly unconcerned by all this and seemed in fact rather proud of it: It was evidence of her authenticity. She experienced criticism as both partisan and cruel because she could see no truth in any of it. She wasn't thoughtful enough to know she wasn't thoughtful enough. Her presentation up to the end has been scattered, illogical, manipulative and self-referential to the point of self-reverence. "I'm not wired that way," "I'm not a quitter," "I'm standing up for our values." I'm, I'm, I'm.
It continues magnificently here.

(edit - this is post-resignation, from a couple of days ago)