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no=one actually believes that palin or anyone else who is of the political class in the united states is economically a "regular person" do they? such claims are all about making signifiers, generating a compelling illusion. but there are a host of ways to go about this, and centering your candidacy on claims to *be* a "regular person" as if it was that "fact" that legitimated the claims themselves, made them seem somehow not nuts but reasonable, as if being a "regular person" means that you can and even should hold nutty political positions--that's a particular choice, a particular tactical choice. and it is a bad tactical choice.
that said, if some dude wanted to give me 150 grand for a clothing spree so i could more like a "regular person" on camera, i would do my level best to spend every dime of that money. and i would go for chanel. nothing says "hockey mom" quite the way chanel does.
i don't hold the spree against palin as a human being--i think it's more problematic given how "sarah palin everyperson" operates as a brand.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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