James Fallows: Palin shares some toxic traits with our current leadership: Ignorance, lack of curiosity, 'decisiveness,' and of course, dishonesty. It
September 12, 2008

James Fallows: Palin shares some toxic traits with our current leadership: Ignorance, lack of curiosity, 'decisiveness,' and of course, dishonesty. It's really epic. Is it possible to support a candidate who campaigns on the notion that expertise is simply irrelevant? Hell yeah! Facts are overrated.

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