Monday 23 November 2009

Sarah Palin: redneck woman?

Critics of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin dismiss her as a redneck. But that's one area where she might agree with her detractors.

At a rally last night, Palin asked country singer Gretchen Wilson to sing her hit song "Redneck Woman." During the song, Palin can be seen clapping and singing along:

A much better quality version of the event can be found at the NECN Web site. Palin appears to be singing along with particular gusto with the line:

Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell Yeah


While some people consider the word "redneck" to be derogatory, others - in particular fans of country music - use it as a badge of honor. Count Palin in that crowd, as she once told a group of supporters:

Palin even once acquired a business license (now expired) to operate under the company name "Rouge Cou."

"It's a classy way of saying redneck," she told a reporter at the time.

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Rouge Cou !!! Not classy - just a different language - dommy !!

O.k. for starters, some of those who happen to use a French word/phrase for a first time ever get excited and think they've just reinvented the wheel. Years back, another country female singer whose husband is a musician as well got excited pronouncing "Target" as "Tarje - with no emphasis on the last letter "t". That made her feel great for a country pronouncing a French word. Some think its sexy, others think it takes them a notch ahead of the populaes - keep fulling yourselves, we are just who we know we are.

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Really?

If the allegation is unfounded, why then isn't the page made available? If she'snt a "Romeo-November-Wisky" why would the page not be made available?

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