The more offensive Newsweek photo of Sarah Palin
Everyone has commented on the cover photo of Sarah Palin that Newsweek editors used — a photo from a Runner’s World spread taken during the campaign.
Whatever the intentions of the left-wing Newsweek editors, I think Sarah looks fabulous.
The truly tasteless photo of Palin that no one is talking about is inside the magazine on p. 33, illustrating Christopher Hitchens’s broadside against Palin populism:
The dregs at MSNBC tried and failed to get away with faked photos of a sexualized Sarah Palin. Newsweek’s weasels found a way to evade responsibility for their rank sexism by using a photo of a real Palin doll in schoolgirl regalia.
Just another manifestation of Female Conservative Derangement Syndrome.
And no, it isn’t “playing the victim” to expose their bigotry.
It’s calling them out.
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The hacks at Newsweek are long past deserving of an income. I seem to remember their inaccurate reporting of treatment of the Gitmo detainees that resulted in manufactured outrage by Muslim nutcases that got several people killed. Is my memory correct?
Yeah, I took one look at the cover and said “Wow, if it’s sexist, then I guess I’m a sexist, ’cause she’s just yummy!”
That picture of Sarah beats the daylights out of that stewart gal. It seems the the ladies of the consertavative movement are giving the libs some reason to ‘get your self in shape’.
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Sarah is absolutely hot. I like the way she speaks, her views, and her smile. She most definitely is far more qualified than any of the buffoons in the Obama Administration.
They prove that every day!
“Hey, that’s not Tina Fey, is it??”
regular guy….
Flushed koran written and pushed continually by
Newsweek hack Jonathan Alter….
I like to let him know that he is responsible for the deaths of our soldiers.
If you get a chance email him and remind that cowardly piece of subhuman his BIG LIE that got our soldiers killed.
Sarah Palin teabagged the liberals … they are just trying to stop her.
What did Hitchens say?
Newsweak? They’re still around? I don’t know anyone who actually subscribes to that rag — only place I ever see it is at my dentist’s office.
The left is scared…very scared. This is their way of trying to Alinsky her by ridiculing her 24/7. It’s going to backfire. Trust me, it will.
Someday, people will start asking a simple question:
WHY?
Hard to understand how “sexing” up Sarah would turn people off against her. Don’t they get it? We conservatives are attracted to beautiful women.
If shocking us was their intent, they should have photoshopped her pictures to make her look like Dede Scozzafava complete with Lynne Stewart’s whiskers and maybe wavy lines to convey the smell. But then, the libs would have accused them of “dolling” her up.
Sarah sounded great on Rush today. Especially during the second segment when she began to list policy positions. She is still strongest on energy issues but her “common sense conservatism” push is a strong argument that will be resonating well as the next year begins and the election nears.
This is a very special woman, the most underestimated pol in decades. She understands that you win elections by defeating your opponent, not by being the most courteous colleague. Pawlenty, Huk, and Romney will not go after Obama where it hurts and keep hitting there. She can be aggressive while appearing light hearted and smiling.
She reminds me more and more of another former Gov. who ran for the presidency against and incredibly incompetent and arrogant incumbent in 1980.
Palin steps into the spotlight, ergo the media steps into…something else.
This is what happens when you go pallin’ around with unreformed beauty contestants. And, I do not want to hear that you were only nine years old at the time. (OK, humor.)
It is not Newsweek’s job to flatter you. Ever look at a newspaper, or the BLOG of your opponent(s). That person is often shown mouth wide open and sometimes chewing food.
Yep, we can be politicaly sophomoric sometimes. Sorry Sarah, you took the picture. You don’t own it, but you do own the fact that you allowed it to happen.
Far more disappointing is that there is no discussion of Sarah’s substance. I expected Oprah to do a ‘tabloid-esque’ type interveiw, and I expect others to do fact checking, but I did not expect that there would be no discussion of the substance to which she refers.
Rush has said this is the most substantive policy that Sarah Palin has delivered on, in speaking about her book. OK, I suppose I will have to wait for her appearance on his show.
But, responding to and talking about the saliciousness of others misses the opportunity to discuss substasntive issues that Sarah Palin says aren’t being discussed. Say, ‘Yep, the picture is tacky, but I discuss the important issues of the day in my book. You ought to check that out.’
It’s always the same questions . . . from everyone, of every stripe, from all partisans, including Sarah herself. What about Levi? What about 2012? What about Pres Obama? What about the babies?
Where is the discussion on Sarah Palin’s substance on the issues? Who is going to do that?
She is the antithesis of the typical politician. She is an attractive, intelligent, well-spoken conservative. Of course the MSM wants to destroy her. They are scared to death of the woman. President Obama should be, too.
You missed her appearance on Rush, it was today in the second hour. He asked her very substance heavy questions, and she was really good.
All of this fluffy gossip was started up by the Democrats and the BigMedia (but I repeat myself), and she has to answer what is asked of her. When they control what is asked, they frame the debate away from substance into this stuff to marginalize her on purpose.
When Sarah Palin is asked substance heavy questions about policy or philosophy of governing, she responds in kind. Now these questions have to be addressed with these two interviews, then pivot to hard politics in the remaining interviews with people like Bill O Rielly, Laura Ingraham, Hannity, Mark Levin, Greta. Those are upcoming, as well as some speaking engagements coming up on the calendar.
If your mind is open to the possibility that she has more to say about serious things than these celeb interviewers are interested in, there is more to come stay tuned.
If not, then all you care about hearing is the stuff Oprah and WaWa care about in order to prevent Sarah Palin from being anything other than a flash in the pan (which she is not).
When Sarah is allowed to be herself, she is very Reaganesque in philosophy, and that is singing my song.
She can carry that tune very well, if you are open to hearing it.
Yeah, Sarah looks good on the cover, but that wasn’t the intent of the communist rag Newsweek. The byline next to the photo was real “impartial” news reporting. Yeah right. I stopped even wiping my butt with this irrelevant joke of a mag years ago. I continue to be amazed that Bill O’Reilly has their wacky full of **** editor on his show. Maybe this will wake him the hell up.
Sad to say that if anyone’s looking for evidence of rabid ongoing “Female Conservative Derangement Syndrome”, especially of the Palin subtype, one needs look no further than HotAir on any given day. There, unfortunately, it knows no season. Just one of the reasons I’ve come to take a pass on that site altogether.
It isn’t “playing the victim” to expose their double standards and vicious misogyny.
I love the way a strong willed, intelligent, attractive conservative woman scare the hell out of left. Do you fools on the left not realize how obviously scared you look when always bashing this woman.
Sarah and the very few conservatives in congress give me real “Hope”we can gain back control and save this once greatest country in history.
On November 17th, 2009 at 7:30 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:
One advantage of socialized medicine no one talks about — once doctors are government bureaucrats and not small business owners, they will no longer give a darn if their patients are bored in the waiting room. (What you gonna do, go somewhere else? Only if you can afford the airfare to Singapore.) And thus, rags such as Time and Newsweek will lose their last captive audiences.
A-holes.
She scares the hell out of the RNC and the rest of the GOP elites. Can’t wait to read the book. Just got it today.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/222794
I love how the left keeps trying to convince us that Sarah is bad for the Conservative Movement. Like they care… If Sarah was not a big threat to the European Socialist agenda the Democrats want to establish here they would completely ignore her. Nice try Newsweek, you are anti-American and not worth my time. At least the Weekly World News is somewhat entertaining, I’ll buy that rag for bathroom reading before ever considering this worthless use of paper.
*Caught the entire Rush interview; She did alright, but should flesh out her answers a bit more; It was especially good to see she has parted ways with McCain on man-made global warming and illegal immigration.
*Unlike McCain, Romney, and Huckabee, Sarah Palin will not be wasting her time trying to cozy up to the Minor League Media; She is going to take it to the people; That is her pathway to 2012!
It’s true, conservative women scare the daylights out of those miserable, gutter dwelling democrats. And their fear is played out by striking out with adolescent sexism that in the end is a total embarrassment for “journalism” and democraps in general.
Brian72 said: “When Sarah is allowed to be herself, she is very Reaganesque.”
Not sure Palin will ever be in the same league with Reagan, so resist that comparison or risk demeaning his legacy. And when she is herself, she so far has only shown a politically shallow and vacuous demeanor. That’s not just the fault of the media, that’s also her fault.
She had the opportunity in her book to detail her ideas for making America better, but instead used it to whine and get even with those that she believes done her wrong.
She’s been an embarrassment so far even if many won’t admit it, and will be a detriment to the GOP regaining control of Congress or the Presidency if she doesn’t work at really becoming more Reaganesque.
On Rush’s site he has a link to buy Sarah’s book, which goes to Amazon. On that site there is a terrible picture. I have already indicated to Amazon that this is offensive…I did so 5 hours ago and the picture is still there…please contact Amazon until they take down that awful picture…
Agreed.
That happens as well at this blog, from time to time.
Bingo!
Agreed.
Gippergirl, that’s a “Customer image from James R. Holland “Author of Adventure Photographer” “. I imagine any Amazon customer can add an image – if so, I reckon all folks need to do is get public domain images of her and upload them to display. I’d suggest pics from http://www.conservatives4palin.com
Just point out the awful Amazon customer submitted pic in a comment at that site (and to ask if it’s OK if you borrow their pics). I suspect if you do comment, many of the Palin-friendly folks there who are Amazon customers will also submit a nice photo.
By “that”, I did not mean socialists’ advice to conservatives specifically regarding Sarah Palin.
I meant socialists’ advice to conservatives in general.
Given the vitriol (in Rio Linda, that’s Palin Derangement Syndrom) the Left has unleashed against Sarah, you KNOW she’s on to something. She RESONATES with Americans, with their core values and principles, with all that is decent and right about this country. Newsweek, Time, the NY Times, the Atlantic Monthly, LA Times, CBS News, Harpo Productions, ad nauseum, JUST DON’T GET IT. Ivy League education and DC power connections do NOT do it for the majority of Americans. We’re sick and tired of being told what to think and how good and smart these simpletons in both parties are. Look at the mess they got us in, Democrats and Republicans, Obama and Bush, and every other stinking progressive that’s been trotted out as saviors of either party. We’re sick of it. Sarah Palin is a breath of fresh air.
Libs know that Palin operating in the clear with her own podium is the needle in the lefty sewer gas balloon.
Once independents are allowed to hear her open honest message, its another row of nails in the Dem chains for America band wagon.
Like many so-called “news shows”, these magazines only publish or report the “news” that fits their political agenda. They have become so arrogant, it is quite obvious what they doing. Unfortunately, and they know it, there are many people who can only access that type of “news”, because of ignorance, or necessity. That’s why many people have no idea who Palin is, except in a negative view. That’s why they had no idea who Obama was, except “hope and change”.
SilverCat, you’re either too young to remember or so old you’ve forgotten how Reagan was treated. He was often described by media types as being a dumb actor, or in your words “shallow and vacuous”. They tried to ridicule him as a B actor who was upstaged by a chimp, but he just ignored them or symbolically patted them on the head like the impetuous little children they are.
Reagan eventually won the day, but few really considered him “Reaganesque” in the beginning. So please don’t fall so quickly for the Left’s Alinsky tactics of ridicule. They have trained us like Pavlov’s dogs. All they have to do is snicker at our conservative candidates and we immediately begin to feel embarrassed for them. From your comments, SilverCat, you sound like you’ve been well trained.
Could you at least give an example before you draw a conclusion like that? Yes, she made some mistakes in her first national campaign. Who hasn’t? Reagan lost to Ford in the Republican primary. How embarrassing is that?
I haven’t read her book, but in the Oprah interview Palin admitted that the Couric interview went badly for her — she didn’t “whine” about it. None of her campaign mistakes were as dumb as the “I’ve now been in 57 states” comment by our brilliant president. If Sarah Palin made that remark, the media would not give her a pass on it, and Keith Olbermann would be signing off with that quote every night. It is all part of the Alinsky method. So next time you hear a bell ring, I give you permission not to feel embarrassed for the conservative pictured on your TV screen.
It’s not just bigotry. Whoever created that ‘sexy schoolgirl’ doll is a pedophile.
Call them out, Michelle, call them out.
One wonders why the MSM supports a political idea that has the goal of totally dominating and getting rid of “freedom of the press”.
You obviously have not read her book. She absolutely was NOT whining.
My take on this is that as Obowma continues to crap all over his administration and our country, the more brilliant and flattering he’ll be portrayed by the media–while at the same time, everyone who is a threat to him will be portrayed by the media and idiot liberal pundits as morons and incompetents. I also predict that as Obowma continues to fail like the miserable loser that he is, the crazier more brutal the liberals are going to get.
No, RachelD! Tina Fey is the foul-mouthed actress who’d probably kill to have Sarah Palin’s attributes! Not that she would admit it.
And Silver Cat, you are no judge of demeanor nor character!
Go, Sarah! Your detractors have egg on their face.
Newsweek? You mean ragweek? I laughed the other day when I saw a copy on the newsrack with a picture of Biden and the storyline was how mean and tough he is. Stupid stupid media.
While I believe Sarah Palin to be a true patriot, she still comes off as not exuding strong leadership qualities. She wants to play by their rules as she sits at interviews waiting for questions and then answering only the questions, i.e. she does not take the questions and turn them into forums for presenting good conservative directions, programs, values or ideals. She doesn’t seem to want to commit herself to do things any particular way. Her answers to political questions are vague, over-arching and not yet specific enough for my commitment to her.
At this point in her interviews, she only smiles and acts like she wants to be everybody’s friend and seems to try to win people over with her niceness. I don’t necessarily want to be lead by a sweet, nurturing, friend who can be trusted – I want to follow a definitive leader who can be trusted and articulates exactly what they are all about. At this point in time she may better serve in a WH advisory roll.
Comparatively, Newt is not my guy yet either, but he is a good interview. He lays out his ideas and his beliefs and gives good background for his conclusions. He lets the listener know what he believes and why he believes what he does and is not afraid to quote our nation’s Founding Fathers or previous administrations. He engenders confidence and takes control of the interview if he sees it heading off his point. It’s too bad he’s so moderate, he’s to Dede for me me, to close to RINO for me. Not trustworthy either. He can only move closer to the center – and then where from there? – just keep on moving left.
You are right…now there’s another disgusting pic there…it’s time to drown them out w/decent pics of the Governor if Amazon won’t remove them…
LOL. This deep, deep heartfelt concern from a break-out-the-kneepads-4-The-One O-worshipper who stated, after yet another oops in the ongoing string of Obamabarrassments:
“BHO handled the gaffe with class and confident humor. :::SNORT::: It must drive the right crazy knowing the Republicans do not have anyone near BHO’s level of intelligence” ::: DOUBLE SNORT!! – true, but we’re actually very thankful not to have anyone as low on the IQ totem pole as Obama :::
(SNORT comments mine)
The Dems are so absolutely and totally terrified of Palin that now they’re even offering desperate faux outrage based on the far left’s unquestioned love and devotion to Ronald Reagan! SNORT!!, again!
When you espouse common sense conservative principles like Reagan, you CAN be Reaganesque and it does not diminish him it credits him and the great man he was. I think when the MSM misrepresents much of what Palin says, it’s not her fault, it’s their fault and YOURS for believing them. Then again, willful idiots like you voted for Pretender-in-Chief so you wouldn’t know leadership if it bit you.
Have you read the book? Or are you paraphrasing what others are saying? Or are you just being intellectually dishonest?
Sarah Palin is NOT an embarassment. She had bad interviews. I’d rather take an unpolished leader than a polished pretender like we’ve got now. I’d rather have a real person talk to me than a liar who speaks out of a teleprompter every freakin’ chance he gets.
Why do you even care? You’ve shown yourself to be a bombthrowing no-nothing who speaks half-truths and doesn’t even have the courage to look for the truth. You’d rather believe in a fake, two-party system that offers nothing but empty promises that deliver NOTHING. Who’s kidding who here?
I’m enjoying the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Democrats over Sarah’s book, emjem. I especially enjoy their unbridled fury, outrage and all-consuming jealousy at this one sentence:
“Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1 in Books.”
What’s really sad is that, although I want Sarah Palin to run for president, I don’t think it’s in the cards. Too many people like Silvercat are so easily fooled by glitzy PR campaigns that spew lies like Obummers.’ Americans, especially Independents, are not savvy enough to spot liars. They’re more interested in casting votes for the “sure thing,” the “crony, corrupt, elitist vote,” “PC acceptable vote,” or “putting a finger in the air and going by the prevailing winds vote.”
Liberals, and those who support them, are only interested in destroying this country and reshaping it into some new social welfare state like France or the UK. And if people like Sarah Palin get in their way, they’ll just mow her down, destroy her reputation, that of her family, until she’s nothing but a pariah.
Americans, the ones who don’t follow politics closely like those on this blog, aren’t interested in making sane choices. They’d rather just continue to make Sarah Palin quips, say she’s “unqualified,” or that because she kept her Down’s Syndrome baby and believes that people should take responsibility for their actions, she’s some “fundamentalist” who will (horror) tell them what to do.
I wish Sarah the best. I don’t think her future is in politics. It’s hard to convince people to take you seriously once the media has used you up for ratings and spits you out. When you show that you care about your family and the country but most Americans just want theirs and have no interest in either family values or doing what’s right for the country there’s no way you will connect outside your core supporters.
Politics is for the brave, the wealthy, the vain (Obummer) and the corrupt. The liberals have shown that what they’re good at is getting their supporters all spun up about those “evil conservatives” and stealing the taxpayer blind is what’s expected. And Obummer is what the self-deluded, egocentric, me me me people expect.
Sarah Palin is an original. I rather she not be sullied by politics like other “conservatives” like Gingrich. I’d just rather she either run for Senator or Congress, or do something at the local level while taking care of her family. The grief she and her family are getting isn’t worth this.
This is why average, ordinary Americans don’t run for politics. When you get conceited politicos like Obummer who can whisper promises in your ear while exchanging cash and favors after the election, there’s really no wonder why this is a lawyer’s game.
Hehehe.
Yeah, I especially love how if Sarah is so “unthreatening” they just trash her anyway.
So, again, libs, what’s all the fuss about? If you don’t think Palin’s got a political future and is a stupid bimbette working on her last 15 minutes of fame (their words)?
On November 18th, 2009 at 1:19 am, prendad said:
Years & years ago I got a Newsweek subscription for a birthday present. I canceled it when I got their special “Elian Gonzalas goes back to beloved Cuba” issue.
The forced return of a free human being to a slave state was disgusting, and their gloss on the matter no less so.
It is soooo reassurring that Libtard My SpaceNBC has apologized for using slanderous photoshopped images of Sarah Palin.Gee,thanks for the apology–after the fact.
Reminds me of David Letterman’s apology to Sarah:Gee, Mrs Slut,I didn’t mean to call your 14 year old daughter a whore,I meant your 18 year old daughter.
The leftist pigs don’t seem to be able to grasp the concept that once the damage is done,words can’t undo it.Or they are so shallow-minded that they think an apology places them in a state of grace,no matter how half-hearted that apology may be.If the staff of Newsweek were really interested in anything other than a smear on Mrs. Palin,they would have used a different set of photos.
Good morning guys. IMHO, Hitchens’ article was dead on. The populism he described is evident in this thread and his assessment thereof is brilliant. I’ll check back later…
So the big tough journalist at Newsweek play with dolls?
This thing just keeps getting better and better.
So, lemme see here, Sarah Palin wearing jogging shorts in a picture for a jogging magazine is bad.
But, Michelle Obama showing her thunder-thighs getting off Marine One is okay.
Double-standard #9,876,543!
Alright – I know this is sexist but this old soldier is going to say it anyway – “She can be my Commander-in-Chief anytime she wants to!”
The left is all about power and control. They want us all waiting in line for our obamabucks or whatever else the gov feels like handing out.Sarah represents that self-sufficient individualism which makes this country strong.
Oops, I just noticed that my comment is right under one that mentions Michelle. I am not referring to “thunder-thighs.” lol
a.) moot for me as I don’t bother to read Newsweek, even if I am bored out of my tree in a drs. waiting room. To borrow from a high school history teacher I had, ‘LIFE is for those who can’t read. TIME is for those who can read, but cannot think.’ The same can be said of Newsweek.
b.) At a Borders store here in Fairfax, VA, the that issue of Newsweek is perched alongside the display of ‘Going Rogue’ books at the front of the sales floor.
c.) The more outrageous, the more attention/sales therer will be, which I am sure went into the making of the cover and story. Its like a spoiled child doing what it takes to get attention. The best thing is to ignore, ignore.
NEWS-week purports to be a news source. Not a opinion rag. Facts are what news organizations are supposed to report. Clearly, this article on Sarah Palin is not news… it a hit piece looking to further their not so hidden agenda. If they want to be a liberal opinion rag, they should be honest about it. As should the rest of the MSM.
I went to Rush’s site and read the transcript. She was OK, and Rush was better. Rush was better because he avoided the tabloid talk and asked substantiative questions. Her answers we broad and generic, and there was little follow-up, and less detail than I would have to have seen.
No she doesn’t have to answer what she is asked. People on this board have repeatedly told me that they do not have to answer questions. If that position is good enough for them it is good enough for Sarah.
Yes, it would be nice if she answered the questions, but she could also redirect the questions to more substantive issues. She did it in the interveiw with Rush. He asked her a question and she said, “Of course, national security will be, too, and hopefully we’ll talk a little bit about some of the decisions . . . ”
See, how simple that was. She can even be more direct, saying, “I am sure that discussion will be better recieved in the Tabloids, I’d rather have a more substantiative discussion with you concerning the issues of the day.”
Your construct about her having to answer the questions asked, make her out to be a mannequin to be manipulted.
Nope. I want her to assert herself away from the Tabloid to substantiative issues.
Yep, and Rush did, though the answers lacked depth. Not saying she does not have depth, just saying there is more detail to her answers that were not said.
The people you mentioned will do the tabloid questions, too. I anticipate that they may try a substantive question but it will not go to the depth it needs to.
Yep, thtere will be speaking engagements and it will be interesting to hear what she has to say. That is, if she allows the press in, or regularly releases transcripts.
Of course, my mind is open, and that is what I am complaining about, the lack of a discussion on substance. I want to see and hear it. Yep, I am staying tuned.
Nope. I care and have said how I feel about Oprah’s and Walter’s interveiws.
OK, but she has to stop allowing herself to be manipulated and assert herself. Sarah needs a Reagan moment like he had when he said, “I paid for this microphone.” Or, how about, “a tear down this wall.” I am thinking after similar assertions by her, the discussion will move away from clothes and family, to real issues.
Yep, just waiting for her to sing it, so that I may hear it.
OK. That concerns the article. My comment concerns the picture on the cover.
If you want to discuss the article I will have to buy the magazine, as you have, and read it for myself.
The more they attack her, the more I like her.
Sarah looks a whole lot more hot than a shot of skinny Barry’s abs.
Don’t feel sexist. It’s just another label the left invented (NAG’s). For any man to deny the beauty of an attractive woman is a man with serious deficiencies. It’s how we’re wired. But the left sees it as a juvenile dysfunction. The left IS dysfunctional…and juvenile.
That part I find amazing is how any discussion of Obama’s education, past, appearance, family, and gaffes was just a distraction technique trying to take away from his message of change, without ever providing details of exactly what “change” was, yet Palin has the details and all they want to focus on is everything else.
Pro-feminism outcry..oh wait..they’re busy sucking up to Levi in the hopes he’ll dish more dirt on Sarah.
Hypo.crites.
You can read the articles online. No need to give them any cash.
And here is a little snippet of the bias that masquerades as news.
The author referring to conservative republicans….
Maybe he didn’t notice the action of Dems during the Bush administration. The number of nominations held up. The bills they held up.
And they can say what they want…. but they can’t call it NEWS.
Ditto That!
and he continued….
Reach across the aisle???? Please. Why would anyone reach across to have their arm hacked off?
And yeah… in the interest of America and it’s people, may we only HOPE we can forget about health reform, “immigration reform” and the environmental legislation they want.
You mean like repeating “Hope and Change” ad nauseam?
There’s plenty of time for specifics.
Or reach across for another helping of excrement served up on a silver platter?
“It’s not just bigotry. Whoever created that ‘sexy schoolgirl’ doll is a pedophile.”
Well Duh…..Where else would a pedophile go find a welcome home
Exactly! A little off topic but not: I blame the liberal left for our children being unsafe in this country because the rights of a pedophile superceedes the rights of our children. I blame them for that, and a whole lot more.
Exactly. Let’s have more than bumper stickers used as policy positions.
On having plenty of time, there we disagree. As soon as any bumper sticker platitude is delivered it should be followed by detail.
Broad and generic does not work for me.
But it does for 62 million voters.
I guess I don’t get it. She’s a decent looking woman, so why is this photo an issue? The caption of her being a “problem” would seem to be more of an issue to me. The caption is clearly derogatory. An alleged “news” magazine with an opinion for the cover should be thoroughly trashed by every other media outlet.
I have nothing against Palin, and think she’d be a good president at another time in history, but I don’t think she’s a good presidential candidate this time. Unfortunately, no matter how “strong” a woman appears to be, a female should not be president, secretary of state, head of homeland security, head of defense, or in charge of any government entity related to the defense or negotiating powers of the USA at this time. Our enemies believe women are objects to be controlled and used. Having females in control of our nation’s military and homeland defense capabilities reduces our standing in the eyes of our Islamic militant enemies and invites attacks upon US soil. They will only respect someone with the perceived strength and cunning of a John Wayne like character. Ronald Reagan was such a character – just the threat of his swearing in as President forced the release of the hostages in Iran.
Exactly, John Deaux
battleaxe:
I am sorry but what you said is objectively sexist. I don’t care what the Jihadist think, they will think we are weak no matter what we do.
A woman most certainly “should” be able to be in any of the positions you named.
PS. I am neither a Palin fan nor am I am Hillary fan (at all), however, that doesn’t change anything I said.
The Alinsky press is in full panic mode. They used to be deft at their mockery-derision-ridicule operations, but over the last few years they only make themselves look desperate and pathetic. They are not remotely funny or entertaining by anyone’s standards. Oh wait, I forgot. They are “news” organizations. They are’nt supposed to be funny. I’m confused….
I don’t buy Newsweek, but I’m going to buy this one for one reason. My wife has bought into the mainstream view of Sarah Palin. I’m going to play dumb and set it on the coffee table- she gets the double standard on women, and will see it for what it is. Thanks, Newsweek! Enjoy this money, it’ll be the last you ever get from me.
You know, maybe if conservative women would stop saying silly things like “the US Constitution has NO preamble” and confusing Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, then perhaps they would be taken more seriously – oh wait!
Those gaffes were made by MSNBC’s Rachel “I-wear-glasses-and-am-a-Rhodes-scholar-so-I’m-smarter-than-you” Maddow and Contessa “I-do-my-own-research” Brewer.
Never mind…
“Her answers we broad and generic, and there was little follow-up, and less detail than I would have to have seen.”
Brilliant move on her part too. Let’s see AP has 11 reporters combing through her book looking for errors. Smart move to be broad, generic and little follow-up don’t you think?
Newsweek reporters play with dolls.
Newsweek reporters play with dolls.
Newsweek reporters play with dolls……
Where’s the news, Newsweak?
But it is their job to be unbiased and at least put respectful pictures on the cover. It is definitely NOT the job of Newsweak to be “her opponent”.
Sarahcuda lurking…
All the little liberals swimming around. Nervously.
Where is the bias or disrespect of putting a picture, that Sarah Palin posed for, on the cover of your magazine? Yep, I question the context, does it make sense, does it add to the story?
I did not suggest that Newsweek was her opponent, or that it is their job to be her opponent. Many outlets often use unflattering, embarrassing, poorly cropped, and out of context pictures of many individuals. Even MM does it.
Ever watch a sporting event? Ever see someone digging in their nose, or an overly gratuitous shot of an attractive woman? There is no conflict with regard to one being the opponent of the other. It is our tacky nature.
I mentioned, in the post (#843699) you are referencing, salaciousness and the sophomoric nature of how we portray people. Not speaking to the rightness or wrongness of doing so, just that it happens and is part of the reality of how people are presented in a variety of outlets.
Did they darken her on that cover photo?
fortunately for sarah, the ‘INDEPENDENTS” and the msm is getting an up close and personal look at harvard educated “SMART” people in barry et al. at least sarah knows that when you have 15% unemployment and a 12 trillion dollar debt, it’s time to get the hell off airforce 1, stop the parties in the white house, quit dithering about the war on terror, and for GOD’S SAKE quit pushing a money sump healthcare program that only illegal immigrants want. compared to obozo or biden, sarah looks like the smartest person on the planet, and i don’t care that she didn’t get her degree from harvard. obozo obviously is an affirmative action mental midget who scammed his way through on his skin color.
Do you think we will see the picture of the Obamasiah bowing to the little emperor on the cover of Newsweek or Time? Of course not, only conservatives are made to look less than they are. Remember the Time cover of Glenn Beck sticking his tongue out? But their Ted Kennedy cover? Kennedy’s picture made him look like one of the freaking founding fathers for goodness sake.
Liberal bias at Time and Newsweek… naaaaah.
But it is their job to be unbiased and at least put respectful pictures on the cover. It is definitely NOT the job of Newsweak to be “her opponent”.
Sorry but I disagree. It is their job to make a profit and they do that by selling magazines which gives them a certain coverage which allows them to charge for ads.
It isn’t Newsweek’s job to be unbias anymore than it is Rush Limbaugh’s.
Get a clue! Lesseee
“Newsweek” (operative word here is news) vs Rush Limbaugh, commentator.
If I need to explain further, it’s not worth my time.
And the NY Times has found that selling Newspapers is difficult when you have such a liberal bias. They are losing money right & left because of their left views. If it was really their job to sell papers and make money, they would be more honest in their reporting.
The NY Times, Newsweek, et al sold their news soul for political gain years ago. They are now just propaganda rags. Their main customers are leftists who buy into that propaganda literally.
What is driving the attacks on Palin, the tea party movement, and conservatism is fear. And it is a fear deeply felt in the emptiness of liberalism. We must realize that liberals will say and do anything to accomplish their ignorant and insane ends, including ever more vitriol and violence.
It constantly amazes me that the elitists infesting much of academe, particularly in Harvard and Yale, fear intellectual debate over which is the best governing system for human beings. If the socialist collective is so damn good, then why do the collectivists fear the free individual? In my opinion, it is because socialists know, deep down, that the free individual is the road to success for all – but they are so power hungry that they cannot abide the free individual working to improve himself, his family, his country and, ultimately, his allegiance to God.
I really like the lady, she makes common sense to me. Last evening I happened upon MSNBC and Kieth Oberman, boy was he tring to do a number on Sarah Palin. Sounded like a pre-teen who lost out on a date and was bashinging the girl for giving him the brush off. Yuck-o, then at the end of his broadcast he says, “Sarah Palin” and throws his script at the camera. I have not seen a clown show like this in years, pitty the advertisers who are paying for it.
And, since they are soooo NOT sexist,
they made sure they had a complete set of dolls with which to play…
…they don’t just have a “sexy schoolgirl” Palin, they also have…
a “sexy schoolboy” McCain doll,
a “sexy schoolboy” Biden doll, and
a “sexy schoolboy” Obama doll.
Yea the picture is sexist and meant to be demeaning…..but it is a rather nice picture…easy on the eyes…I am not traumatized…… lets not be demand equal treatment here though….lest they put up a picture of Hillery in running shorts….even the thought of it gives me the whillies…….
less not do that one
Misscheryl,
It was difficult to even type that, but it does get the point accross.
Even those who tried to promote Obama as “sexy” (the “I’ve got a crush on Obama” video by “Obama girl”) portrayed him as an adult man, not a “schoolboy”.
RedPill, I agree but I think it says more about the one who did the portraying as a school girl than it does her. As far as Obama goes, he’s repulsive to me, in any form…blech.
I agree, but Newsweak, in practicing their unprofessional biases, have taken sides, and it is not Palin’s side. I don’t recall any similarly tacky photos of Obama or Democrats, but then, I try not to read tabloids like this unless I am in the dentist’s office.