out of her depth in a shallow pool

skipvia commented on the word out of her depth in a shallow pool

From Peggy Noonan, a former Republican speech writer, on Sarah Palin:

"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."

-WSJ Online: A Farewell to Harms

Couldn't have said it better myself.

July 12, 2009

chained_bear commented on the word out of her depth in a shallow pool

Yes, Peggy Noonan is such a great writer. Nailed this one as well.

July 12, 2009