I take my original comment back. Simon makes lots of excuses for the slag.
Still, he makes points early in the article. Here’s one replay of a touchdown:
“On Monday at an event in Cleveland, Ohio, when confronted about her coughing fit, she blamed it on an allergy to Donald Trump. Besides being a mediocre joke at best, it was a reflex, a reach for the untrue response before any other, as if the truth would literally dissolve her in a puddle.”
Now, that may not redeem Simon but it’s still a pretty good start.