re: #23 SanFranciscoZionist

I don’t think she is, in a classic sense. I think she’s bothered by people who are not like her. Todd comes from her own background, and shares her ideology and interests and culture. I think she can’t deal with people who do not share those things with her, or step out of herself, or find common ground with Americans who aren’t ‘her kind of people’. That’s why I find the folksy patter, coming from her, so nauseating.

As was mentioned in the article this is about identity politics. Palin embodies an ideal state for her followers and those who as you say, “[come] from her own background, and shares her ideology and interests and culture.” In this case it is a stringent test in politics with no room for the vastness of American society. Her propensity for memes are simply the vocalization of the proverbial litmus test that appeals to the minority that makes up those that identify with the Palin ideal.