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A CNN Republican Strategist contributor just characterized the folksy Palin as 'young' and Biden as 'professorial.' Okaaaaaay. And your point is....? Being professorial is a bad thing in politics, obviously. It is an attempt to tie Biden to the 'liberal elite' of academia. Are we going to take this sitting down? Where are the professors of rhetoric to refute this rhetorical dig? I would think that regardless of one's political bent, professors would stand up and reject such characterizations and the implications concealed therein....namely, agism, liberal bias, sexism, racism (professors are old white dudes), lazy (ivory-tower syndrome), out of touch (ditto), condescending (power relation issues)....I could go on. It just makes me want to rant!

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