Dangerous

James Fallows points out that we all have our areas of interest. Some like sports, some like fine dining, some like music, some like international affairs. Our ability to speak on these issues intelligently and with fluency is directly related to our interest in them. If you are not sufficiently interested in them then you wont have familiarized yourself with broader points of an ongoing debate surrounding that issue. This interview seems to make clear this is the case with Palin and international affairs.

While there is nothing inherently wrong with not having an interest in international affairs, it does seem disqualifying for someone who is supposed to be ready to be commander in chief should they ever be required to do so for reasons tragic or otherwise.

But here is the money quote from James

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.

This looks an awful lot like Palin's response above. To accept such a combination of qualities is not only undesirable, its dangerous.