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Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:00 AM

A country in shambles, under GOP rule

Efforts to blame Democrats for the country's deep woes assume deep stupidity on the part of the glorified Regular Voter.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Saturday, October 4, 2008 10:47 AM

    @Pedinska - and the Palin folksiness is BS

    I "come from" the heart of the midwest, flyover country, and Miss "You betcha, I'm so folksy!" isn't fooling anyone, least of all women like me who went to school with her type, the vacuous, yet vicious cheerleader who would 'wink' at you while you faced her, then stab you in the back as soon as you turned..

    Check out this entry from Andrew Sullivan's blog. You can listen for a while at Sarah-baby debating back in 2006. No "you betchas" or "doggones" thrown in there back then.

    http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/palin-on-benefi.html

    She is the GOP showgirl. Doing her pseudo-folksy can-can.

    The verb-emptied sentences were already part of her style back then, though.

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