Palin and language.
Oct. 29th, 2008 08:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsidheIn one crucial respect, Palin and Bush have something in common with Oprah: they skilfully use dialect and context switching to narrowcast what they're saying to a very specific audience.
When it's done for Evil, it's called “Dogwhistling”.
When it's done for Evil, it's called “Dogwhistling”.