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Political Culture: The Palin-Prejean Connection

Jon Cummings July 9, 2009 15

One of them reached the grandest stage in her profession by virtue of her charm and very-good looks, only to be judged harshly upon that stage for her ignorance and her intolerance. Despite her

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Political Culture: Beauty Queens, Bigotry … and Ambivalence

Jon Cummings April 23, 2009 13

It may be that only an event like this could have propped up that downward-spiraling phenomenon, the beauty pageant: An out-and-proud celebrity gossip-monger asking a comely Californian how she feels about gay marriage, and

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