Lipstick on a Pygmalion
On Channel 4 News, they’ve just shown a brief clip of a post-election interview with Sarah Palin. The ‘you betcha, golly gee whizz’ schtick and accent have completely disappeared.
Funny that.
Update: Here we go. Forward to two minutes in…
Compare and contrast:
Posted on November 5th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
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You know I was just thinking exactly that while watching.
Best. Post title. Ever.
I think it ties for first place with Unity’s, myself.
Yes, this post’s title deserves a prize.
So you reckon she was actually an articulate, sophisticated thinker, pretending to be a dumb hick for electoral purposes?
Might this be the case with Bush as well? I have visions of him turning into Stephen Fry on Jan 21..
Well articulate and sophisticated might be pushing it but this kind of thing isn’t without precedent when it comes to talking down to the proles.