Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, who had to smooth over relationships after being caught on a live mike last fall calling the Palin VP choice "political bullshit", can apparently now say exactly what she feels.
And it's not good. Remember, this is a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan saying this. Not a Democrat, not a liberal. Reagan's speechwriter.
If Peggy Noonan can't take her seriously, why does anyone who calls themselves a Republican?
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.
In another age it might not have been terrible, but here and now it was actually rather horrifying.
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