And it's obvious to anyone who knows American culture why Palin wouldn't identify as a "basketball mom" or talk about "Joe Forty Ounce". These things are not accidents.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Palin's "Code Switching" Speak
A really interesting post by Anil Dash on Palin's deliberate language choices in her attack on Obama.
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Cool post. Reminds me of some of George Lakoff's work on political language, and the deplorable Frank Luntz (promoter of such doublespeak as Blue-sky initiative, and climate change).
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