Clueless

By Ron Beasley

Gibson was trying to help her but to his credit he kept at it when he realized she didn't have a clue.(via TPM)

She is a novelty act not a serious candidate.  The only question is if the novelty will fade before November.

Update

If the novelty doesn't wear off  then Cernig is correct, she will be The Most Dangerous Woman In The World.  Sorry Condi!

More Deep Thoughts

I suspect that Gibson assumed that Palin had been properly prepared and that it took.  When it became obvious that was not the case the comedic tragedy became even too much for Gibson.  Apparently the absurd McCain campaign has become even too much for Bill O'Riley.

Still More

I think publius at Obsidian Wings gets it right:

But the point is not so much the answers, but the more general ignorance (not lack of intelligence) on display tonight. It reveals that she’s never really thought about any of this stuff — she’s never engaged it at the level that presidents should have engaged it.

And James Fallows comes to the same conclusion:

What Sarah Palin revealed is that she has not been interested enough in world affairs to become minimally conversant with the issues. Many people in our great land might have difficulty defining the "Bush Doctrine" exactly. But not to recognize the name, as obviously was the case for Palin, indicates not a failure of last-minute cramming but a lack of attention to any foreign-policy discussion whatsoever in the last seven years.

Fallows points out that this should remind us of someone else.

A further point. The truly toxic combination of traits GW Bush brought to decision making was:

1) Ignorance
2) Lack of curiosity
3) "Decisiveness"

That is, he was not broadly informed to begin with (point 1). He did not seek out new information (#2); but he nonetheless prided himself (#3) on making broad, bold decisions quickly, and then sticking to them to show resoluteness.

We don't know for sure about #2 for Palin yet -- she could be a sponge-like absorber of information. But we know about #1 and we can guess, from her demeanor about #3.   Most of all we know something about the person who put her in this untenable role.

Comments

[Macswain]

Ron,

Good piece. Really a bunch of nonresponsive answers that were merely slogans or just "a blizzard of words." She seemed angry when she'd say "Charlie" and looked like she was about ready to get all up in his grill.

A friendly tip - your "too much for Bill O'Reilly" link is jacked up.

[john bourne harbour]

clueless indeed-- she is a joke-- how sad that some people can't see this--