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Newsgirl
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
Let's take a few minutes and think of all the things that would be used against her in a 2012 presidential run... Here's my favorite: She quit her job as governor of Alaska because the job got boring so she could write a book about a grudge she has against Katie Couric.

What else, ladies?
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BytheSea
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
[...]why should the media only compare ambitious women to impressive men, when so many ambitious but underwhelming men get so far in this world?

Ok, so, we should have an idiot female president because we just had an idiot male president? Ykno, to even things out.

It's like what Foreman in House said about the high rate of black men on death row: "Doesn't mean we should let black men go. Just means we should kill more white people."
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rodmanstreet
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
Sarah Palin makes me sad. How quickly I went from "Woo-hoo! Female VP nominee from a major party! A first for the GOP!" to awkwardly trying to defend her ("She didn't say that; Tina Fey said that." "Cheap shot! You wouldn't say that about her if she was a dude!" "Shut up about the Bridge to Nowhere - my brother lives in that nowhere town and he needs a damn bridge!") to silently shaking my head in embarrassment, to banging my head against my desk, to weeping for the future of women in politics. I just want to... I just want to shake her!
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femme-bot
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
I'm not going to cry over a sexist woman having to deal with sexism.
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Tchotchke
11/18/09

@femme-bot: Exactly. We're talking about a woman who winked and flirted her way through a number of major campaign events and participated in beauty pageants. She clearly revels in the attention she gets for her appearance and general over-the-top girly image, but is loathe to support women's issues. On top of that, whenever something does not go her way, she screams sexism. I will not being losing sleep over her plight any time soon.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
I know I'm a little late to this party, but I think I can understand why the Newsweek used that picture. She is posing in what looks like a red-carpet pose while leaning on a wrinkled flag that has carelessly thrown on the chair. It seems like a pretty good analogy to her time in office-- she does what will help her status, not what is good for the people. I don't know if that makes sense-- it makes sense in my head, I swear.

That being said, I also understand the charges of sexism.
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sybann
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
I think she's proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she can't stand the heat in a political kitchen - no matter how good she is at never actually answering questions - anyone else see that bunch of softballs lobbed by Oprah (who really should learn how to prepare questions for her subject BY NOW)?

She quit the governorship of Alaska for Christ's sake. She hasn't the ovaries to handle a management position at McDonalds.
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BearDownCBears
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
Romney. I'd put money on it. The economy will still be so-so, or at least lacking many of the same employment opportunities that used to be out there for blue collar work. John McCain told auto workers the truth in 2008 when he said their jobs weren't coming back, and they consciously decided to believe Mr. Bain capital's dubious claim to the contrary.

Palin will be a Huckabee--unelectable in November. I seriously think entertaining nightmares of Palin presidency is advanced pee-pee-pantsism. Come game time, the party establishment will get its shit together and support Mittens.
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SomeAuthorGirl
11/18/09

@BearDownCBears: I am completely with you on both counts - viability of Romney and unelectability of Palin. That said, she can cause at least 6 category 5 shitstorms between now and then that Actual Political Players will have to weigh in on/support/debunk.
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bluebears
11/18/09

@BearDownCBears: Oh yes. I totally agree and I really fear Romney, both as a candidate who has a good chance of giving Obama a run for his money (particularly if the economy is still in the tank) and because he just makes my skin crawl.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
11/18/09

@bluebears: I'm from Mass and he was a terrible governor. He said whatever he needed to get elected, and then threw us under the bus as soon as he decided to run for national office. The man is not a civil servant. He's a con man.
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bluebears
11/18/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: have you heard about how he owns (or owned) all those like, scared straight type of prison camps parents would send their troubled kids to? Like kids died at some of those places he owned. Then he was all, "oh its just an investment I had nothing to do with how they were run"
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Penny_Esq
11/18/09

@bluebears: Also, strapping his dog to the roof of the car for a nice ten-hour road trip. Not as bad as dead kids, but there's no way he can disavow that bullshit.
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BearDownCBears
11/18/09

@Penny_Esq: Well, maybe he can play for the Eagles if he loses.
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msmoneypenny
11/18/09

@BearDownCBears: Not so fast, the land of Republicans down south won't necessarily go for Romney. Many of them see Mormonism as more cultish than Scientology. Wrong, I know, but that's what many voters believe, regardless. I attended a large southern church as a kid. Thousands of worshippers listened to sermons that Mormons were to be AFEARED OF and were OF THE DEVIL. Not everyone came away with the conclusion that the sermon was crap. My money is on Huckabee. Their base, ultraconservative evangelicals, can relate to him more and he doesn't ooze batshit so blatantly like SP. Or at least a Romney/Huckabee ticket would work to balance out the DREADED MORMON.
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Perhaps Not
11/18/09

@BearDownCBears: Interesting points. More interesting, though is your diagnosis of the political hysteria as advanced pee-pee-pantsism. I find you to be hilarious in the first degree and hereby do summarily appropriate this term for my own purposes forever in perpetuity throughout the universe, just as soon as I can stop laughing.
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BearDownCBears
11/18/09

@Perhaps Not: Gotta give credit where credit is due. See 1:37.

Best show ever.

#tips
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Perhaps Not
11/18/09

@BearDownCBears: It is super, I won't lie. For months I had Falcon 7 as my wallpaper with the caption "Ha ha ha! Computers." Is there anything Stephen Colbert has done that is not awesome?
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BearDownCBears
11/18/09

@msmoneypenny: Also, he has the terrifying magical Mormon underwear, and southerners, in my experience, don't wear underwear. "Course, neither did Jesus.

#tips
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Perhaps Not
11/19/09

@BearDownCBears: As a Southerner myself, I wear no clothes at all.
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Penny
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
If my commie liberal mom wants to read her book, I fear for our future.
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amowls
11/18/09

@Penny: My conservative crazy asian mom will probably request this book for Christmas. I think I'll get it for her but print out the AP's factcheck list and stick it the jacket.
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Penny
11/18/09

@amowls: Such diplomacy!
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Adora Belle Dearheart
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Gets Her Criticism Of Newsweek Cover Right
Let me just quote Jeanne from the Mudflats here..

"I think it’s the perfect image for the cover. Why? Because the title of the article is "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?" And behold, the problem. She has no boundaries, and no concept of how she is perceived by others, or why no governor should pose in short shorts, leaning on a flag in front of a blue star banner with a bumpit and makeup for a photo that makes her look like a cupcake."

THE END. #sarahpalin
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katie.scarlett.o'hara
11/18/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Gets Her Criticism Of Newsweek Cover Right
Seriously? It isn't like they used the photoshopped image of her in the American flag bikini with the rifle. She POSED for this photo, and I think allowing her to be the victim in a situation she was complicit in creating gives her too much credence. She claims sexism when it is convenient to her, and embraces feminism only when it suits her. She has done NOTHING to forward the progress of women in politics or society. Her appeal (and most of the vitriol directed towards her, too) has to do with the way she has sold her personality and her personal life; her politics have always been on the back burner of her image.

To me, this photo is quintessentially Palin: she is front and center, in full beauty queen mode, with the American flag draped lazily and forgotten behind her. It might have been slightly more fitting if she was, like, stepping on the flag, but kudos to the photographer for capturing the hollowness behind the shit-eating grin.

The first thing that strikes me when I look at this photo is how fake, manipulated, and just plain ridiculous (jogging outfit? in an office? with the flag? and what the hell is she holding?) it is, just like its subject.
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Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/17/09

In reply to December Glamour: Change We Can't Believe In
Serena's pic looks sorta dumb. Whimsical staring into the distance? I mean, was there no other pose they could have had her do? #glamourdecember2009cover
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NewsBunny
11/17/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Gets Her Criticism Of Newsweek Cover Right
I subscribe to Newsweek. And I was taken aback when I saw this cover. I'm not a supporter of Palin or her politics -- but this is a sexist cover. Would Newsweek have chosen cover in this style of they were writing about Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's political future? Using the this-is-not-sexist line of thinking, it would be okay to show Arnold oiled up and sporting a banana hammock at one of his old bodybuilding competitions.

As a feminist, I despite treating any woman like a slice of cheesecake. That is precisely what Newsweek has done here. #sarahpalin
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/17/09

In reply to December Glamour: Change We Can't Believe In
It's a trick.

If we're not of the demo to feel sufficiently "aspirationalized" by a standard and previously-repeatedly-seen blond/bland, they think we'll run out and buy them all to collect the set because we might never see it again. #glamourdecember2009cover
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bookling
11/17/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Gets Her Criticism Of Newsweek Cover Right
I'm sorry, I just don't get the outrage here. I don't think the fact that she's wearing running shorts equates to objectifying her body at all. She doesn't even appear particularly sexy in this photo, she looks sporty (albeit obviously made up for the photo shoot) and casual. She has always tried to portray herself as a casual, "regular" person, so what's the problem here? I've said before that she faced the same kind of sexism that Hillary Clinton did during the campaign, and defended her against that, but I just don't see the sexism here. Honestly, I'm more offended by the flag being draped over that chair and Palin leaning on it. #sarahpalin
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whynotshesaid
11/17/09

@bookling: But this is the thing- why THAT photo, out of all of the millions of them around?

They don't just pull whatever photo is at hand and slap it on the cover. Every decision is carefully considered by a group of people. So why did they choose one of her wearing running shorts instead of a suit? Or if they wanted something casual, why not of her in jeans or something? #sarahpalin
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bookling
11/17/09

@whynotshesaid: Would it have been un-sexist if they had chosen a picture or her in a suit or in jeans? Just because she'd be showing less skin? It's not like she's wearing lingerie in this picture; she's wearing sportswear.

Why this photo? I don't know, and I'd certainly be interested in hearing what reason Newsweek gives. I just don't think they chose this photo because it's "sexy" to sell more issues. #sarahpalin
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whynotshesaid
11/17/09

@bookling: I imagine there are three possibilitiesd - to undermine her as a serious person (which isn't freaking hard to do, just let her talk for five minutes without interruption), or to appeal to the part of the potential audience that finds her sexy, or to stir up shit and sell magazines. Possibly all three.

There are so many politicians who have posed for that feature in Runners World, and "the hottest governor from the coldest state" is the only one whose photo has appeared on the cover of a major newsweekly. I do not think that is a coincidence. #sarahpalin
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DearJamie
11/17/09

@bookling: The thing is, Newsweek is a professional and business magazine. Usually the people on the cover are people of power and respect. As a result, they are usually portrayed as such on the cover. As much as I dislike Sarah Palin, she is still a powerful voice in this nation, and deserves respect as a woman and as a public figure. This picture paints her to be a typical "girlie girl" with her running suit on and her hair and make up done to the nine's. I feel like if Hilary Clinton had been on the cover, or Nancy Pelosi, they'd be in a power suit, perhaps shot from below to enhance how strong and independent they are. And yet, with Sarah, we get her doing a beauty pose in a track suit. #sarahpalin
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bookling
11/17/09

@DearJamie: That's exactly it, though. They would put Clinton or Pelosi on the cover looking respectable because they are serious politicians. Palin, on the other hand, has proven over and over again how ridiculous she is. It seems to me that Newsweek is making a statement about Palin, not about women, because there are obviously many women that they do represent respectfully. #sarahpalin
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sequined
11/17/09

In reply to Spot The Plus-Size Model In Glamour
This suggests to me that we could be using women who look fit and healthy at all sizes to model clothes (at least in magazines) and odds are good that no one would notice and be outraged. Because you can't even tell she's bigger than the other models! #glamourplussize
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