re: #229 JasonA

You betcha.

And apparently talking like a folksy idiot is also acceptable in a large number of circles… :p

Goes back well before Saint Sarah. Gore wearing flannel. Bush the Younger’s entire Texan schtick (he’s a Ivy Leaguer from a New England family!) etc. etc. since populist is one of the possible approaches and dodges the anti-intellectualism side of American culture.