Great costume! I bet you had a blast!
I somehow missed this thread, but have to say that I can coorborate your kind of experience.
Since that Friday that Sarah was announced, I have had complete strangers come up to me and (excitedly) say “You look just like Sarah Palin, has anyone told you that?” The first time it happened, I thought it was because I wear my long hair up in a clip, but this happens almost every day. (Though I am blonde and my glasses are slightly different.)
Now, if they hated her, I cannot imagine they would tell a complete stranger that they looked like her, thinking perhaps that would be an insult. I always say, “I take that as an extreme compliment!”
BTW, I am in Minnesota in the middle of a very blue district. My hubby has said that if McCain wins, that perhaps I ought to wear my contacts and hair down in public, lest some deranged O-bot notices the likeness and goes into a rage. That is a very scary thought.
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