[IWE] James Fallows on Palin

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:28:52 -0400

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Nice enough piece but I think folks misread the putin angle, unless =20
you have lived where you can see bear bombers off the coast and f16 =20
rushing to meet and escort them, its hard to understand. Agree with =20
her assessed financial and foreign policy issues bur from what I have =20=

heard from the two major candidates they can speak to the issue more =20
clearly but they dont have a clue either. Dont forget that for =20
reagans last term it was a replay of forrest gump in office, we didnt =20=

do that badly then.
thanx,
bill
On Sep 27, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Rand Careaga wrote:

> (Fallows is a pretty levelheaded guy, former Carter speechwriter =20
> turned journalist; very interested in aviation issues; has spent =20
> much time in the Far East. He spoke in Berkeley the other day=97alas, =20=

> the call of duty kept me chained to my workstation at BDS)
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> Longish piece by browsing standards (about four screens worth), but =20=

> worth the read. My favorite line:
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>> After thirty years of meeting and interviewing politicians, I can =20
>> think of exactly three people who sounded as uninformed and vacant =20=

>> as this. All are now out of office. One was a chronic drunk.
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> cordially,
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> =3D

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Nice enough piece but I think folks misread the putin angle, unless you =
have lived where you can see bear bombers off the coast and f16 rushing =
to meet and escort them, its hard to understand. Agree with her assessed =
financial and foreign policy issues bur from what I have heard from the =
two major candidates they can speak to the issue more clearly but they =
dont have a clue either. Dont forget that for reagans last term it was a =
replay of forrest gump in office, we didnt do that badly =
then.<div>thanx,</div><div>bill<br><div><div>On Sep 27, 2008, at 1:07 =
PM, Rand Careaga wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">(Fallows =
is a pretty levelheaded guy, former Carter speechwriter turned =
journalist; very interested in aviation issues; has spent much time in =
the Far East. He spoke in Berkeley the other day=97alas, the call of =
duty kept me chained to my workstation at BDS)<div><br></div><div><a =
href=3D"http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/to_be_specifi=
c_about_palin_and.php#more">Longish piece</a>=A0by browsing standards =
(about four screens worth), but worth the read. My favorite =
line:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite">After thirty =
years of meeting and interviewing politicians, I can think of exactly =
three people who sounded as uninformed and vacant as this. All are now =
out of office. One was a chronic =
drunk.</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>cordially,</div><div><br></di=
v><div><br></div>=3D</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>=

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