Palin's Way On Talkin' Dissected, You Betcha
MADISON, Wis. - When Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage there was a lot of talk about her distinctive way of talkin', you betcha.
Heck, she moved to Alaska when she was too young to speak and grew up in the small town of Wasilla, but doggone it, why did she talk like someone from the movie "Fargo"?
Three University of Wisconsin-Madison linguists tackled the conundrum in a research article to be published in the Journal of English Linguistics next month. The answer lies in something that happened in the 1930s.
During the presidential campaign, almost every aspect of Palin's life, including how she talked, was dissected by everyone from curious voters to political pundits. Many noted that for someone who grew up in Alaska, she talked a lot like she had been raised in Michigan, Wisconsin or Minnesot
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gold2512
sarah is the salt of the earth and many people identify with her-flaws and all-
I laugh when I hear behar criticize her-you tell me a few hours of listening to
that screech and it would be time to pack your bags and get out-
Authentic Conservative
They'll never admit to the fact that they are socialist. Their hidden agenda. Or they don't know what they are about to give up. Typical immature give me mine attitude.
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Simply put Sarah is a Conservative.
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Not only is your wealth going to be redistributed but so is your health care status. Instead of you getting treated like a patient you will be lowered to being treated like a number.
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Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, "What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power." But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector.
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This idea that government was beholden to the people, that it had no other source of power is still the newest, most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.
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The Sarah Palin Difference:
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Sarah’s Book is 413 pages.
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Our Constitution is 17 pages, it runs the country. Has ran the Country for over 233 years.
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The Democrats Health care package is over 2,000 pages?
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This is your brain on drugs, get the picture?
mrcfiman
Very well done.
Roger In Miami
I am amazed this is even in here.
Her accent is is a non issue.
FOX,, please ,, you can do better
Bill589
I love how she talks, but more importantly, I love what she says.
-BOSMAN-
Axelrod slams Romney on CNN about his comments this Sunday at the YAF Conference about Obama and Afghanistan. Pretty Funny stuff, Axelrod looks totally flustered:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/15/axelrod-slams-romney/
Romney's entire speech:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2553262
ROMNEY 1
OBAMA/Axelrod 0
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Despite Sara Palin's constant and lately daily media coverage, and Mike Hukabee's Weekend show and daily appearances on Fox, Mitt Romney's poll numbers are either equal or better than both Palin and Huckabee. Maybe SOME voters are looking for SUBSTANCE OVER GLITZ?
"OBAMA HAS LOST HIS WAY" (Speech covers Afghanistan, Health Care, Economy, Security, Allies, and other issues)
November 13, 2009. Mitt Romney delivers a speech to the Young America’s Foundation at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California: (Speech/Q&A - 45 minutes)
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2553262
ROMNEY / DeMINT in 2012!
Please WATCH THE VIDEO B E F O R E you comment!!!!
Navy Chief
It is a north american dialect known scientifically as "teabag redneck"
SpudsTeacher
...and that's exactly why I like her so much. She is one of us, as opposed to one of the "good ole' inside the beltway boys" who want nothing more than to bankrupt our country and doom us to oblivion. The Sarah naysayers love to refer to her lack of intelligence, as they call it. I would point to the "intelligent" men and women in congress right now who are currently assaulting our country and our pocketbooks.