I don’t think Palin’s phraseology is actively attractive to her fans. Rather, what is remarkable is that this way of speaking doesn’t prevent someone, today, from public influence. Candidates bite the dust for being untelegenic, dour, philanderers, strident, or looking silly posing in a tank. But having trouble rubbing a noun and a verb together is not considered a mark against one as a figure of political authority.
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What Does Palinspeak Mean? | The New Republic
A fun little desconstruction of spoken English from a number of sources. It shows that Palin is indeed speaking the way many people do. The problem is that this means she isn’t thinking any more clearly than they are either.
