Americans witnessed last week a remarkably well-produced political show orchestrated by artful and clever speechwriters lacking substantive reference material. They were afforded only a few days to apply a veneer of appeal to an ill-advised and prematurely exposed platform policy revelation.That spontaneous and mistaken venture into the candidate’s unfamiliar world of economics was an untimely first effort to provide overdue substance to previously glib campaign platitudes. This tactical error resulted in debasement of the simple “trust me” approach of a hastily elevated, underexposed federal official lacking a credible record of political accomplishment.Is “I want to be President of all Americans” really a call for government dependency – an implicit presumption that the majority needed for election success must consider themselves deprived and needy, the root of communist ideology?American exceptionalism derives from education and individual achievement, not indoctrination and collective existence. Cognitive ability remains an open question in common with the candidate’s unfortunate predecessor and presumed mentor. Handlers disingenuously discourage her from reflective thinking in public, preferring limited scripted events to spontaneous appearances.Early experience with public exposure has been tenuous in light of severe pre-election time constraints. Phil Osifer