Exposing the Palin-Schrempp connection

By wpcomimportuser1 | September 5, 2008 | +

The cover of the latest issue of TIME:

The cover of Business Week’s European edition, Nov. 16, 1998:

No, Sarah Palin and former Daimler~~ChryslerBenz~~ CEO Jürgen Schrempp aren’t wearing exactly the same glasses. But they’re similar, no?

Still, I’m not gonna accuse Palin of wanton cosmopolitanism: Angular, rimless glasses were a frighteningly Teutonic fashion statement when Schrempp first donned them in the 1990s (he has since moved back to regular rims). Nowadays I imagine you can get ‘em at the Eye Guys on North Main in Wasilla.

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Curmudgeon

Do you, um, go back and skim previous issues of business magazines for fun or relaxation? Or do you call it work, and give it to the interns to do?
Justin Fox

No, I just had a long-time obsession with Schrempp’s glasses. I’m mostly over it now. But not entirely.
Bryan from Houston

Justin,

She could go out and buy a pair of Don
Rumsfeld’s?!?!

Of course, that might strike up a convo about known unknowns and unknown unknowns and which one is she.