If you're looking for me to give a review of Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue, you will waiting a long time. I have no intention of wasting good time reading the thing. But I find her lambasting of Newsweek's decision to run a photo of her in runner's shorts and tennis shoes on the cover so disingenuous I couldn't let it pass by.
Newsweek decided to run a photo of Sarah Palin that had she had taken for an issue of Runner's World where she's wearing a red long-sleeved shirt, blue shorts (pretty short, by the way), and tennis shoes with the head-scratching addition of pantyhose. She has called Newsweek "sexist" for using the photo. Now, it can be argued that of all the photos out there of Sarah Palin, it is curious that Newsweek chose this one for their cover. However, Ms. Palin posed for the photo. And I presume she had to physically put the shorts on, so if she thought the photo was too sexy or too revealing or whatever -- why the heck did she pose for it in the first place? And how can she now claim it's sexist because Newsweek used it and not just Runner's World? If it's sexist, it's sexist, regardless of where it runs.
This from the woman who ran around the country during the 2008 presidential campaign in red high heels and designer clothes. I don't know how many times I saw her wearing a black pencil skirt and those heels, not exactly comfortable attire for a day of running around the country, getting on and off a bus, and being on your feet for hours and hours at a time. But by golly she managed to do it! Just like she always managed to have fresh makeup on and her hair done. I think most of us who work all day would be hard-pressed to make sure we were so dolled up all the time, but despite the time pressures Sarah always managed to look good. Somehow I just don't think that was by accident.
Face it, Ms. Palin -- you're no longer a politician, simply a celebrity that some people (for reasons I certainly don't understand) have gone ga-ga over. Well, I take it back... I do understand why the Republican males like you. Ever since I was a little kid I knew it was the cute girls who get attention from the guys, not the ones with the most brains. Guess things haven't changed any! So enough with the faux indignation already. You're all about selling books, after all, so in that regard Newsweek did you a favor.
