Several months ago I wrote about Sarah Palin and the
myth making surrounding her. At the time, Time Magazine labeled her a Renegade and featured her visage on its cover. Now that Ms. Palin has released her book, "
Going Rogue," it seems appropriate to revisit the matter. Palin is not a rogue. Instead, Palin is a rather mundane charlatan, affecting a folksy, populist manner for base (pun-intended) appeal.
Appropriately, an article appears in today's
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune discussing a forthcoming analysis of Palin's speech patterns, noting:
David Bowie, an English professor specializing in linguistics at the same university, said Palin didn't use so many informalities before she ran for national office.
"She doesn't sound like that when she's speaking to Alaskans," Bowie said.
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