Another Look at Sarah Palin's Glasses...

**OculusSinister** · 10-02-2008, 09:57 PM

Greetings, I am new to optiboard and have been a dispensing optician for close to 9 years now. Over the last month I have recieved several inquiries and comments about Sarah Palin's Kawasaki eyeglasses that are all the rage.

I was watching the debate this evening and noticed that when she turns her head, there's no displacement of her face line/the image behind the lens. This leads me to believe she has little to no correction, and could possibly be wearing them for the age old addage of 'making her look smarter'?

I'm sure this is not generally a political forum, nor am I trying to start an ugly debate about who-is-voting-for-who... But I found it interesting and thought other opticians might be able to appreciate this small observation.

Image is important in our culture and we all have patients who have purchased glasses 'just for the look of it' without correction. Anyone else have any thoughts on the possibility she is wearing glasses to change people's perception about her?

**For-Life** · 10-02-2008, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by OculusSinister

Greetings, I am new to optiboard and have been a dispensing optician for close to 9 years now. Over the last month I have recieved several inquiries and comments about Sarah Palin's Kawasaki eyeglasses that are all the rage.

I was watching the debate this evening and noticed that when she turns her head, there's no displacement of her face line/the image behind the lens. This leads me to believe she has little to no correction, and could possibly be wearing them for the age old addage of 'making her look smarter'?

I'm sure this is not generally a political forum, nor am I trying to start an ugly debate about who-is-voting-for-who... But I found it interesting and thought other opticians might be able to appreciate this small observation.

Image is important in our culture and we all have patients who have purchased glasses 'just for the look of it' without correction. Anyone else have any thoughts on the possibility she is wearing glasses to change people's perception about her?

They are probably PALs with little distance correction. Makes sense.

**OculusSinister** · 10-02-2008, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by For-Life

They are probably PALs with little distance correction. Makes sense.

Even a low-add pal should add SOME distortion esp. in the peripheral... I only posted one picture but I have watched her intently on television and in pictures and I don't see distortion at ANY angle?

**rinselberg** · 10-03-2008, 06:33 AM

Fascinating post here, OculusSinister. Worthy of the CIA's technical division! I try to refrain from butting into technical discussions like this that are actually over my head, but this one is exceptional.

Were you watching the debate in High Definition format?

I didn't watch any of the debate. I was watching the baseball playoff games. So I have no idea about the validity of your observations.

**Chris Ryser** · 10-03-2008, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by OculusSinister

I was watching the debate this evening and noticed that when she turns her head, there's no displacement of her face line/the image behind the lens. This leads me to believe she has little to no correction, and could possibly be wearing them for the age old addage of 'making her look smarter'?

Very nice observation \...........like Rinselberg said.................

I watched last night and never even thougtht to look for what you did.
If I am not wrong, I read that she purchased 5 pairs just before getting introduced as possible VP. She might just have them to look more mature.

**Andrew Weiss** · 10-03-2008, 07:51 AM

Fascinating. I watched briefly and kept looking for some sort of image-size differential between the portion of her face behind the lenses and the portion outside. I noticed nothing. That got me to pull out the old Time magazine issue with her full-frontal (face only, folks

), and if there's any magnification at all it looks very subtle to me, so much so that I could easily pass it off as an illusion.

Nice post, Oculus, and welcome to OptiBoard! :cheers::cheers:

**FullCircle** · 10-03-2008, 08:30 AM

I noticed this too back when she first started but thought I was wrong.

I do recall someone posting something from her optician about her having a "slight astigmatism correction."

But it wouldnow make sense why she doesn't have AR. If you have no correction and want to look ________ by wearing glasses, why would you have AR coating applied so it looks like there's no lens? :D:hammer:

**optical24/7** · 10-03-2008, 09:57 AM

I was looking for reflections last night. It appeared she had AR put on them since last I saw her on TV.

**chip anderson** · 10-03-2008, 10:00 AM

I was about to say I had seen a slight indentation in the picture as though she had a slight (less than one diopter) in them at 180, and I think the woman is old enough to be presbyoptic, but looking at the picture again, looks like dead on plano on bothe eyes, or possibly a hair of plus in the O.D. as the right eye looks a smidgen larger.

Chip

**Ginster** · 10-03-2008, 03:17 PM

Do you think she's trying to make John McCain look younger???:hammer::hammer:

**cocoisland58** · 10-03-2008, 07:37 PM

I figured all the opticians were noticing the same thing as I was. Those lenses are NOT Rx. Not even a tiny bit of displacement. I would bet she does wear CLs since her early pics show no glasses. Her later pics do even the ones outdoors with a dead moose. Maybe we should look at the earlier pics to see if we can pick anything up.

**chip anderson** · 10-03-2008, 09:35 PM

Why not just ask her, she seems to be an honest woman (hard to concieve in a politician)? I am sure she would share.

**nickrock** · 10-03-2008, 09:49 PM

I wish there was a "smiley" to my right that shows a face puking.

**FullCircle** · 10-04-2008, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by chip anderson

Why not just ask her, she seems to be an honest woman (hard to concieve in a politician)? I am sure she would share.

I don't know chip, I'd be afraid if I asked she'd tell me about her shoes or something instead.;)

**DragonLensmanWV** · 10-04-2008, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by FullCircle

I don't know chip, I'd be afraid if I asked she'd tell me about her shoes or something instead.;)

Or shoot you from a plane.;)

**tigerlilly** · 10-04-2008, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by cocoisland58

I figured all the opticians were noticing the same thing as I was. Those lenses are NOT Rx. Not even a tiny bit of displacement. I would bet she does wear CLs since her early pics show no glasses. Her later pics do even the ones outdoors with a dead moose. Maybe we should look at the earlier pics to see if we can pick anything up.

There was a picture floating around a few weeks ago taken during her first pregnancy, almost 20 years ago. She was wearing big, ugly, 80s Sally Jesse Raphael glasses in it.