"Abackwoods, polar-bear-strangling Britney Spears man-que"; "Vice-President Barbie": British newspaper columnists have sneered at Sarah Palin at least as energetically as some East-Coast Americans. typically, however, there has also been an equal and opposite reaction to her appearance on John McCain's ticket: we want one! This enthusiasm has generally been motivated by the sexy-librarian look and the Alaskan-gothic back story. But there are also sensible reasons for Britain's political classes to pay heed to Mrs Palin. She seems able to speak in the demotic lexicon of cross rednecks and others disenchanted with mainstream American politics.
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