Her self-presentation, politics, and biography are like his
(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have their differences—but their images, politics, and even life stories show significant overlap, writes Juan Cole for Salon. Both are former governors of “frontier states,” both drum up support through “wounded nationalism,” and both battle foreign influence. “Above all,” however, “both are populists who claim to represent the little people against wily and unscrupulous elites.” More»
