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“She swoons over a well turned phrase and ignores the thoughts behind them.”

I think you are right in this. She is, ultimately, a wordsmith and judges others on how well they smith words. She believes a president should be high-minded and inspiring to the little people, especially when they use her talents to assist them. But high-mindedness and inspiring presidents are fit for a time of peace and luxury, not for the rough times we’ve had since 2001. We didn’t need someone who speaks eloquently but someone who speaks plainly and backs up what he speaks and that is crass to a wordsmith, like a workman watching me pound a nail with a wrench. Eloquence only works when people want to be inspired and uplifted. The dangerous people in the world today have no such desire and the imprisonment of their own wordsmiths backs this up. Noonan has apparently convinced herself that beautiful acts flow from beautiful words but history shows often the opposite result flows.