Posted by David Bernstein:
Who Wrote This?:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_08_02-2009_08_08.shtml#1249611772
Is Sarah Palin America's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? The two differ in
many key respects, of course, but it is remarkable how similar they
are. There are uncanny parallels in their biographies, their
domestic politics and the way they present themselves -- even in
their rocky relationships with party elders.
Both are former governors of a northwest frontier state with great
natural beauty (in Ahmadinejad's case, Ardabil). Both are known for
saying things that produce a classic Scooby-Doo double take in
their audiences. Both appeal to a sort of wounded nationalism,
speaking of the sacrifice of dedicated troops for an often feckless
public, and identifying themselves with the common soldier. They
are vigilant against foreign designs on their countries and insist
on energy and other independence.
But above all, both are populists who claim to represent the little
people against wily and unscrupulous elites, and against pampered
upper-middle-class yuppies pretending to be the voice of democracy.
Together, they tell us something about dangerous competing
populisms in an age of globalization.
Was it:
1. Roger Cohen?
2. Juan Cole?
3. Joseph Massad?
4. Stephen Walt?
5. Rush Limbaugh (as satire)?
Click below for the answer
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[2]Juan Cole
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References
1. file://localhost/var/www/powerblogs/volokh/posts/1249611772.html
2. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/03/palin_ahmadinejad/
3. file://localhost/var/www/powerblogs/volokh/posts/1249611772.html
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