Joseph Epstein advice to Elizabeth Warren
He is as RWer as they come, often opines on the pages of the WSJ and in most cases i do not bother to read him.
But I was curious about his latest:
The Long, Sad Descent of ‘Staircase Wit’
This phrase, he explains denotes those missed opportunities for a dazzling riposte, a charming bit of repartee, that occur too late—only, as it were, on the staircase as one is departing. Everyone surely has had this regrettable experience.
And he offers this:
Elizabeth Warren might have saved herself much grief after Donald Trump mocked her as “Pocahontas” if, instead of running off to have a DNA test, she had offered a politically incorrect rejoinder: “Mr. Trump, I wish I were Pocahontas, so that I might have your preposterous scalp on my belt.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-sad-descent-of-staircase-wit-11547682863 (paid subscription)
