Evan,

Friend to all us godless liberals, Vlad the Impaler.

Goddamn anti-’murkan turr’ist black black black William Ayers islamofascistosexualists takin’ my unborn babies put ‘em on a stick!

Boop boop boop.

“minor landscapes and the geography of american political campaigns

he poses the basic question: now that 80% of American people live in urban areas, why are we looking to rural small towns for evidence of / validation from the “real america”?

and from a linguistic point of view, here’s Steven Pinker’s thoughts from the new york times, backing up your writing about why Palin’s accent is more sinister than ignorant: the informality with which she speaks implies that “that expertise is overrated, homespun sincerity is better than sophistication, conviction is more important than analysis.”

keep rocking it Lilah!!!!!!