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The glasses are probably not fake, but if you look at them, they are not thick or bifocaled, etc.. and probably do not do a great deal of correction. She could likely navigate many circumstances without them and only require them for reading and detailed work, maybe driving (if she does that much now). She could likley afford surgery to correct any problem she has with glass with that mild a prescription.
The thing is - have you noticed how strikingly gorgeous she is? She needs the glasses so that she can be taken seriously. I'm sure she is under strict orders form every political consultant who she has every talked to to NEVER TAKE THE GLASSES OFF. She takes the glasses off and she's too much.
It may be a shame that beautiful women have a hard time being taken seriously, but then it's a shame that some men pick beautiful, younger women over more qualified women (or men), too.
I wear "fake" glasses sometimes. They are fun and are like jewelry to me. Fashion. A different look. She has a tanning bed in her house. She used to enter pageants. Obviously she is into appearances. Is Oprah fake because she straightens her hair? 99% of the film stars people worship have had at least one type of plastic surgery. Usually a nose job and then a boob job is likely. To me surgery is extreme and tanning beds are not even safe for your skin or eyes but glasses are not too big of a deal. I think it is kind of bizarre that she wears candy-apple red high heels to go campaigning because they look too sexy for business wear and are not the healthiest choice but really who cares. She is a pathological liar, knows nothing of foreign policy, fires people she disagrees with and allowed rape victims to be charged for rape kits. She is an extremely ambitious, vindictive liar. That's worth addressing. But eyewear?
Gov Palin may be one of the few users of fake glasses who doesn't do it look like an intellectual. But I guess there isn't a market for red neck frames. All you get is the pseudo-intellectual look. If you want red neck, get contacts.
While watching the Charlie Gibson interview, I noticed that her glasses had no visible prescription. When she turns her head and you see her cheek through the lenses, there is no distortion. If there were a prescription in her lenses, her cheek would look larger or smaller or off axis.
And yes, this is relevant. The woman is a phony, and this is just one more piece of her self-created imagery. Lipstick won't help her.
I say they're fake:
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7025/palinglassesad2.jpg
Hey, my glasses don't do that either, and trust me, I need them. (Still, I can't believe I'm defending Sarah Palin.)
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