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Newsweek’s Palin Pot Shot

By Andrea Tantaros
Republican Political Commentator/Foxnews.com Contributor

You might have seen Newsweek’s latest cover featuring Sarah Palin. If you haven’t, take a look:

The left’s blatant bias has crept from within its pages onto the cover shot. The latest Newsweek shows a magnified, purposely un-retouched photo of Sarah Palin that highlights every imperfection on her beautiful face. Women will understand this. We’re talking unwanted facial hair, wrinkles and un-extracted pores. Heck, we all have them. We just don’t expect them to be showcased on the cover of a national magazine, especially when we are running for the position of second in command of the United States. — Calling it unflattering is an understatement. Trust me.

We expect this from gossip magazines like Star, OK! and In Touch. Newsweek is supposed to be an unbiased, substantive weekly, not some fly by night publication that can afford to appear unprofessional. It is expected to have standards and a competent photography department (except when it comes to conservative, backwater female politicians, apparently). It’s incredible how this photo editor didn’t have time to make Governor Palin look her best but manages to make Barack Obama look like a statuesque, presidential image of perfection just about every other week. Mindboggling.

The most offensive part of the whole thing: the picture is coupled with a headline that reads “She’s One of the Folks (And that’s the Problem)”.

Problem? That’s her strength.

Last time I checked, Newsweek wouldn’t survive without all the “folks” that subscribe to their magazine. In point of fact, these same “folks” make up a majority in the United States. Unlike movie stars and liberal media types regular “folks” have more pressing concerns besides tweezing, waxing, moisturizing, exfoliating, detoxifying and pore tightening. We’re busy.

This cover displays how insular and divorced from reality big city, liberal media types are, and the power and populism of Palin. The only argument the left can muster is essentially “she’s not one of us.” Damn right she’s not. Liberals, if you want to have this culture fight I say bring it on.

Palin’s got an election to win, a jam-packed campaign schedule, a state to run, and five children. She’s not perfect. She’s real. That’s why “folks” love her. She deserves the same treatment as other candidates: a fair shake and a flattering cover shot.

The only mustache that deserves to be on a magazine cover is Geraldo’s.

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Comment by C-W

As a woman I am highly offended that you would paint us as being so vain. As a woman, I want to be judged not on the beauty of my face, the size of my breasts, or the curve of my ass - but on the content of MY CHARACTER. I would think that Palin would want the same thing.

In fact, as much I don’t support her because of her views, she is still a strong woman and I doubt she is as vain as you make her out to be. I would think she would be offended. She’s running for vice president! Let her stand on her own - she does not need to be treated like “just another pretty face”. Your statements show only that you don’t take her seriously (although you cloak them in your support) and you are desperate to change the subject from the actual issues to something as lame as the wrinkles in her face.

 

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Comment by Claire

So you’re suggesting that this magazine is delibrately targetting Palin because it didn’t make her PRETTIER?

Grow up. Political debate shouldn’t be anything to do with the way a candidate looks - be that the colour of their skin or the size of their pores! And while it occasionally may slide into that, if you want to be taken seriously as a political commentator you might want to try rising above such shallow concerns…

And you can’t argue that she’s ‘one of the folks’ and then ask for special esthetic treatment of her. If you want to portray her as an ordinary person surely you should be rejoicing over this realistic photograph?

A little thought sure wouldn’t go amiss.

 
Comment by RonJon

Palin for President, hell ya!

I would love to see some Washington Politicians walking around with a high heel in their ass.

 
Comment by Tereza Benesova

I agree with R. Harbin,

No one is perfect. Did you see the Rolling Stones Obama cover. Where did he get those ears. Disney should cast him in Dumbo II. May be thats why he is a good listener. Now if he would just convert those hopes and dreams to rubber and road. I know, its hard to do when you have only been on the job for 140 +/- days.

However, I don’t agree with the statement regarding abuse of power. Sometimes you have to kick the oil companys and others in the ass. Really, if this is all you got, then you need to get a life, and then a real job!

 
Comment by Guido Bestier

maggie may,

You have got to be kidding, you are pathetic. What an awful representative of the liberal left. You criticize some for highlighting pimples and wrinkles and then stoop to silly name calling. You should be ashamed of yourself. People who resort to name calling usually do so because they have nothing else to offer.

 
Comment by Karen
 
Comment by R. Harbin

I am afraid I don’t see the problem with this photo. The Lady looks very pretty and I see no imperfections and even if I did, how is it offensive? There is NO HUMAN BEING that is perfect on the planet at this moment in time, so why should anyone be air brushed to look as if they were perfect and the lady should be happy that she made the cover of a major magizine. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH YOU PEOPLE???? Really, if her abuse of power as govenor of Alaska, is not more important than if a photo of her that was printed that had not been air brushed to perfection is all you got then you need to get a life!

 
Comment by maggie may

You have got to be kidding! Is this all you have to write about with everything that is going on in this country right now??? You are pathetic. What an awful representative of the ‘right’ media. Throw no stones, because you should turn in your laptop! Give me the liberals, at least they have enought sense to talk about more than pimples and wrinkles….more about substantive issues - Who CARES if Palin is pretty!!?? She’s stupid. Stupid is as stupid does.

 
Comment by Steve Elwood

If Fox News had done even minimal journalistic research they could have easily learned that the Palin cover was not an example of media bias. I just came across the July 21, 2008 issue of Newsweek. It shows a close up of Obama praying. The caption reads, “Faith & Politics. What He Believes.”

Obama is shown eyes-closed, chin on hands. There is no retouching here. Plain to see are blackheads, mole, ear-wax, mustache stubble, un-manicured nails. The photo is raw and real.

For better or worse, to run for national office is to be under a microscope.

If Fox had done their homework the Palin Newsweek cover would have not been worthy of a story. At least not one alleging media bias.

 
Comment by PinkToeNails

I think it’s a good picture of her. She’s 44. She looks good for her age. Really Good. That skin looks better than the skin of most women. Do you think Newsweek should have airbrushed her wrinkles away? They don’t do that for the male candidates.

 
Comment by crazy like a fox

“ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state’s public safety commissioner”

@Mugsy, this comment alone shows that you didn’t understand what was said in that ethics investigation. Learn to pay attention and stay off the kool aid sites with regards to some of the other misinformation you are peddling.

 
Comment by jay

You are a dittohead, yes? With the MSM chants and Rush’s belief that you should only listen to EIB Netowrk because the whole media is liberal….LOL. Regarding Ms. Palin; she has very limited experience in higher level governance/politics and it shows…even though her handlers are working the best magic they can, she demonstrated unethical behavior in firing a state employee (see the report findings as needed), and America loved Tina Fey’s SNL portrayal because it was dead on. Marge Gunderson from Fargo…pistol=paking G-dropping character from the great white north. Sarah may have followers in Alaska but ask yourself, if McCain wins and has health issues …does America want her as the Commander-in-Chief. That is truly scary! She’ll start more evangelical Christian holy wars/crusades like Dubya.

 
Comment by billy

Alaska Governor and vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin is the recipient of harsh criticism from former Secretary of State and UN Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright after Albright was misquoted at a Saturday rally in Carson, California.

“What advice do you have for women who want respect from their male colleagues?” Dana Philbin of Chicago asked Albright for a January piece in Time Magazine.

“Women have to be active listeners and interrupters,” she responded, “but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about. I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don’t.”

“There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t support other women,” Palin said on Saturday, rewording a version of the same quote on another source: a Starbucks coffee cup.

“Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom,” Albright told the Huffington Post, “what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden.”

 
Comment by mugsy

How McCain Supports our Vets!

opposed the 21st Century GI Bill
opposed increased funding for veterans healthcare in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
opposed an assured funding stream for veterans’ health care in 2006
opposed $400 million addition to veterans’ care in 2006
opposed establishing $1 billion trust fund for military health facilities in 2006
opposed increased VA funding by $1.5 billion by closing corporate loopholes on 3/14/06
opposed $500 million for counseling services for veterans with mental disorders in 2005
opposed increased spending on Tricare and giving greater access to National Guard and reservists in 2003
opposed $122.7 billion for Dept. of Veterans Affairs in 2003
opposed $51 billion for Dept. of Veterans Affairs in 2001
opposed $47 billion for the Dept of Veterans Affairs in 2000 ect.
opposed supporting Disabled Veterans 75% of the time during 2004 - 2005

Country First - You betcha!! ;)

 
Comment by Bill Jones

Wow. I wonder if anyone ever complained about an unflattering photo of Margaret Thatcher on these grounds. Oh, wait - she actually had ideas that you could discuss. The concern you show here underscores how much Sarah Palins’ appeal is tied to the superficial - which is probably the point the Newsweek photo is sarcastically trying to point out.

By the way - did you read the article?

 
Comment by mugsy

Christopher Buckley endorses Obama
Joining the steady drumbeat of conservative pundits giving up on John McCain today is Christopher Buckley. Unlike, say, David Brooks or Charles Krauthammer, Buckley doesn’t merely lament the nasty turn McCain’s campaign has taken, or predict a Republican defeat. Instead, he goes so far as actually promising to vote for Barack Obama and offering praise for the Democrat.

To demonstrate the magnitude of this heresy, a bit of background: The son of modern conservatism’s patron saint, the late William F. Buckley, Christopher remains a columnist for the National Review, his father’s magazine. He announced his endorsement in Tina Brown’s Daily Beast, however. Buckley wrote:

Having a first-class temperament and a first-class intellect, President Obama will (I pray, secularly) surely understand that traditional left-politics aren’t going to get us out of this pit we’ve dug for ourselves. If he raises taxes and throws up tariff walls and opens the coffers of the DNC to bribe-money from the special interest groups against whom he has (somewhat disingenuously) railed during the campaign trail, then he will almost certainly reap a whirlwind that will make Katrina look like a balmy summer zephyr.

Obama has in him — I think, despite his sometimes airy-fairy “We are the people we have been waiting for” silly rhetoric — the potential to be a good, perhaps even great leader. He is, it seems clear enough, what the historical moment seems to be calling for.

So, I wish him all the best. We are all in this together. Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship. And so, for the first time in my life, I’ll be pulling the Democratic lever in November. As the saying goes, God save the United States of America.

 
Comment by Bob Bush

Well if the GOP and John McCain want to be the party of religious fanatics and racists then I am afraid I can no longer support this party. Some of the things McCains supports have been shouting at rallies has completely driven me away from the GOP. It wouldnt be so bad if the Senator rebuked those comments right then and their, but he did not, he stayed silent as racist hate speech was comming from the audience.

He stood there silently while these people shamed our nation.

I stuck with the GOP until last week when these things started to surface. It took this blatant display of Lack of leadership by McCain to convince me he should not occupy the White House.

 
Comment by mugsy

msnbc.com news services
updated 10 minutes ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state’s public safety commissioner.

The investigative report concludes that a family grudge wasn’t the sole reason for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan but says it likely was a contributing factor.

 
Comment by George

I’m so upset about that picture! She looks terrible. I threw up when I saw it.

 
Comment by sam

I like her, she knows how to use a red pen (budget slashing one). I think the real problem with the female population and I’m one of them, is that Hillary was expected to be the female running mate. Never occured to anyone that the republicans might go that route. She seems very sincere and wants to help, I think she should have a chance. The US is very shaky right now and I feel more comfortable with McCain’s finger on the button then Obama. The rest of the world is watching our election as much as we are and our entire safety is in the balance, say what you want till November 4th, I just hope you vote for our national safety when you close the curtain.

 
Comment by Yvonne

For those who say Palin’s beauty blinds them to her brains, I say 5 colleges in 6 years does not an intellectual make. Also the Joe six pack Republicans are the ones who see her as a sex object and don’t care that she doesn’t have an intellect.

I got this from another blog:

“Wow, I think they should build that bridge to nowhere, and get over it! Really, this is what it comes down to. Smear Obama’s reputaion but cry over what Saras face really looks like. As many have said here and I agree, she’s even uglier inside.”

 
Comment by Mitch

Anything to shift the focus from the economy, Fox News. Anything to win. Luckily this year, finally, Americans won’t be hoodwinked. I’m not a big Obama supporter, but this year I’m voting against the erratic McCain.

 

[...] Andrea Tantaros on the Fox Forum blog says: “The left’s blatant bias has crept from within its pages onto the cover shot. The latest Newsweek shows a magnified, purposely un-retouched photo of Sarah Palin that highlights every imperfection on her beautiful face. Women will understand this. We’re talking unwanted facial hair, wrinkles and un-extracted pores….” [...]

 
Comment by Floyd

Newsweek should do an internal search of its staff and FIRE All Liberals, All Conservatives and keep the Independents……………

 
Comment by Monica

Sarah Palin is a empty airhead of a joke. As a republican, I will not sell my soul just to get into the white house. A year ago, my party had it all together. We didn’t want to settle for John McCain. What has happened to all our family values and faith in God?

My party, the party I use to love has decided to embrass a man (johnny Mac) who 2 years ago called all of us who are against giving our country to the illegals “lazy American”. He also helled out on making Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday. Rush, Sean and Laura all hated this guy but now are embracing him like he the second coming of Ronald Regan.

Sarah Palin has a teen aged daugher who is a unwed mother. Something up until recently my party was totally against but now my party is saying, it’s a personal matter. Funny how they didn’t see it as a personal matter when it comes to the Black communtiy.

Sarah P was a total embrassement at the debate. The woman couldn’t even answer the question about what newspapers and mag’s she reads. Why are we settling for this.

Now at their ralleys, people are calling Obama a terrorist and calling for him to be murdered. This at a republican ralley and neither Johnny Mac or airhead Palin are setting them straight because they don’t care. I really do believe they want the man dead just so they can win. My God what has happened to my party?

I was not going to vote this year because I refuse to vote for a republican just because he/she is a republican but now I have changed my mind as many of my friends who are republican and feel the same as myself. I will be voting for Obama.

 
Comment by susan smith

All Americans who can relate EXACTLY to what the man in Waukesha, Wisc. was saying about the socialist media need to read this. We have to start a grass roots revolution demanding the corporate advertisers stop spending money in “NEWS” media that is completely biased and one sided. Why are there not any stories about acorn on abc, nbc, or cbs? why hasn’t any one the media asked obama aquestion, simply what have you done? I’ll tell you what hes done hes done nothing. he’s my senator and he spent taxpayers money to go to kenya and write his book and now he’s campaigning and still not doing anything. I IMPLORE YOU PEOPLE, stand up, bombard companies that advertise in the leftist media starting monday 10/12 w/ calls and emails demanding they stop advertising in biased media. we know who they are: New york times, chicago tribune (which has new liberal ownership) cnn, abc, cbs, nbc, time, newsweek, et al. Every college that has a journalism or broadcast school should demand their students take part in this cause. MEDIA IN AMERICA SHOULD BE UNBIASED–THAT IS WHAT MAKES US AMERICA AND IT IS ABOUT TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US IN AN OBAMA presidency. If we do not take action now, and Obama becomes President, we will never get the truth from his administration or the biased liberal elite media. CNN edited the clip in waukesha and tsk-tsked about his anger. They don’t understand we are angry they are messing with
what our constitutional right to free press. wake up america, and call these advertisers!

 
Comment by Bethany

Excuse me John, are you referring to Ms Palin as a feminist? If so, you need to look up the definition of that term… Sarah Palin is the furthest thing from a feminist and THAT is why so many women find her politics laughable. The fact that she was chosen as McCain’s running mate is hilarious in itself… it’s the GOP’s misguided attempt to lure female voters/Hillary supporters… regardless of the fact that she is NO FEMINIST, and her political views are so far right they couldn’t be MORE different than Clinton’s.

I am a proud Obama supporter, but had Hillary taken the nomination I would have gladly voted for her as well. Sarah Palin’s gender is not the issue I take offense with. It’s her politics, lack of experience, and shady character. It’s the delusional notion she has in her head that she is a feminist, when she so clearly… IS NOT.

 
Comment by John Hess

I’d just like to understand why all the women have such hatred for Palin. Are you anti-feminist or like all the other Hollywood elitists, just for the progression of women, as long as they are you own personal views? Personally I think you are all jealous!

 
Comment by Shirley Barthelemy

To Whom It May Concern,

Our whole problem is this Country is man’s love for the almighty dollar!!! That’s called GREED! I have a solution for our Country to get back on track, and that is for every person in this Country who makes a million dollars or more every year, and does not NEED another thing, and will never spend all that money, start buying homes, food, clothing, pay for medical bills and cars and gas and on and on for all those who are in GREAT NEED of these things!!! I am not talking about the LAZY FOLKS either.

With all the spending that would be going on if the RICH folks would do this, it would keep our economy going for so many reasons, that we can get out of this mess we are in right now!!!

It has to start somewhere, so lets start right there. We who are in retirement will do our best to help also. The young couples who THINK they need all this stuff will have to pitch in too by only buying the basics.

Let these men and women who have made their millions and billions, come forth and show a good example on how to save this GREAT Country of ours, buy GIVING TO THE LESS FORTUNATE, and that way the small business’s won’t have to shut down and on and on it can go!

my husband and I are retired and have cut back as much as we can. We heat our home with wood that my husband of 85 still cuts, and we have done this for years, so we are doing our part, so lets everyone do their part to SAVE AMERICA! Thank You and God Bless You, Shirley Barthelemy

 
Comment by Shirley Barthelemy

Dear ?, Our whole problem is this Country is man’s love for the almighty dollar!!! That’s called GREED! I have a solution for our Country to get back on track, and that is for every person in this Country who makes a million dollars or more every year, and does not NEED another thing, and will never spend all that money, start buying homes, food, clothing, pay for medical bills and cars and gas and on and on for all those who are in GREAT NEED of these things!!! I am not talking about the LAZY FOLKS either.

With all the spending that would be going on if the RICH folks would do this, it would keep our economy going for so many reasons, that we can get out of this mess we are in right now!!!

It has to start somewhere, so lets start right there. We who are in retirement will do our best to help also. The young couples who THINK they need all this stuff will have to pitch in too by only buying the basics.

Let these men and women who have made their millions and billions, come forth and show a good example on how to save this GREAT Country of ours, buy GIVING TO THE LESS FORTUNATE, and that way the small business’s won’t have to shut down and on and on it can go!

my husband and I are retired and have cut back as much as we can. We heat our home with wood that my husband of 85 still cuts, and we have done this for years, so we are doing our part, so lets everyone do their part to SAVE AMERICA! Thank You and God Bless You, Shirley Barthelemy

 
Comment by Mike p

I think the main stream media wants OBOMBUS elected for the story it might become.
Maybe a mini-series or more correctly a COMEDY!!
maybe more news with even more blunders than Bush could ever make.
maybe Abraham/Martin and John all they do is hunt for a story and then add to it even though it is not true.

 
Comment by Eileen Jones

Who flipping cares that the picture is not perfect, she should just smile and keep her mouth closed, hasen’t said a true thing since she became the VP running mate. For such a “Christian” woman her fliting and winking and telling bold face lies makes her ugly in my book.

 
Comment by Carol

I think this article is ridiculous.

FOX News needs to STICK TO THE ISSUES, and the same goes for both candidates. People are so sick of these distractions. Who cares if her picture was retouched or not? First of all, she looks beautiful. She is “one of the folk,” and don’t we “folk” all have these blemishes and flaws? It’s actually REFRESHING to see a picture like this that shows a real person. Second of all, if this woman, Andrea, one of fox’s “journalists,” did any research about digital manipulation at all, she’d know this.

1. Digital manipulation is UNETHICAL when it comes to news magazines, which Newsweek obviously is.
2. Newsweek has gotten in a lot of trouble in the past for ‘retouching’ people and trying to make them ‘look more attractive.’ They have, therefore, like a real journalistic source should do, STOPPED retouching people. This isn’t Vogue or Marie Claire, it’s Newsweek. It is unethical, again, to be retouched in newspaper. Why would it be any different?

This woman has no proof, again… she should have been taught about this in journalism school, to prove that Obama has been retouched on the cover of this magazine. If he has been, then yes, I agree that she should have been retouched for ‘fairness.’ But what’s the big deal??? You said it yourself, we all have these flaws. I applaud them for making her look natural.

Here are some Web sites to look at - they all talk about photo tampering and photo manipulation. It is UNETHICAL and should NOT be acceptable, except for models and fashion purposes. Even that, we know, has caused great problems; causing insecurity and self-loathing among so many young people who can’t live up to these ridiculously unattainable expectations.

http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/research/digitaltampering/

http://news.cnet.com/2300-1026_3-6033210-1.html

http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/research/digitaltampering/

This last part is an excerpt from the last Website I posted. It discusses proof of FOX NEWS altering photos of New York Times authors to make them look ‘less attractive,’ when asked about it they replied: “altering photos for humorous effect is a common practice on cable news stations.”

Well, guess what? IT’S NOT FUNNY. At least Newsweek kept it honest and realistic.

“July 2008: In response to a New York Times story that suggested the FOX network’s ratings might be slipping, the co-hosts of “Fox & Friends” broadcasted photos of Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe. The photos were doctored to make the journalist appear less attractive. A FOX spokeswoman said the executive in charge of “Fox and Friends” is on vacation and not available for comment but added that altering photos for humorous effect is a common practice on cable news stations.”

You, Fox news, and Andrea Tantaro, have no credibility and have become a horrible, right-wing extremist joke. Your news is some of the most biased, unbelievable slander out there.

Maybe you should do some retouching of your own, to your entire station, and deliver news that talks about the issues we actually care about hearing about.

This is why the Republicans will lose this election. I know lots of Republicans, and they are great people; I have nothing against them. I am an independent. But Fox news does them no favors, making them look and sound like intolerant, ignorant country folk. You should represent both sides, and by that I also mean showing the intelligent, eloquent, tolerant, compassionate Republicans out there.

Shame on you.

 
Comment by kd

I wonder if she even needs the glasses she wears. There is no distortion of her eyes as is usual with those who wear glasses because they need them. I think it is a sad commentary on all media, that they feel they must manipulate anything that they report on, or that readers consider that desirable. The truth is that everything consumers get anymore is “packaged” and “processed” and it is all part of the deception that we are getting what we think we are getting.

 
Comment by Erin

If the cover a magazine is truly going to effect the way people vote, than this country is in shambles anyway.

As for the headline on the cover… it’s completely true. Sarah Palin is the biggest joke in American politics right now…which is saying a lot considering who the current President is. She is nowhere near qualified, nor ready to be second in command of this country. For the love of God, she just recently obtained her US Passport….how’s that for someone with “foreign relations experience”??

Airbrushing isn’t going to fix the major flaws this woman has… it’s not her hair-lip or her enlarged pores. It’s the fact that she is unqualified for the job of Vice President of this country, and naive for thinking she could possibly take on that kind of responsibility.

As for those who took this posting as an opportunity to bash Obama… all I have to say is he is worlds more intelligent, focused, and self-sufficient than the imbecile you conservatives pushed into the Oval Office for the past eight years.

 
Comment by Aaron

Newsweek doesn’t ever retouch any of their news photos.

Besides, she looks hot to me. **shrugs**

She’s still not getting my vote for all that hatred and filth she spews at her rallies. No one that hateful and divisive needs or deserves to be anywhere near the White House.

There’s too much hatred in America…

We’re all in this together.

 
Comment by pete592

WAAAAHHHH! Call the WAAAAAAHMbulance!!! WAAAAHHHHH!

 
Comment by Passerby

@Chris, you seem to have trouble with facts, the sexist article you mention was a LINK off the main page along with several others which included the main stories of the day. As to your comment about tic for tac with regard to Ayers if you don’t see why it’s important to fully understand the personnel associations of a possible future POTUS, then I can’t help you.

 
Comment by Chris

@ Passerby
Just the same jump the McCain camp is feeding us through Palin about Obama and Ayers. Sounds a bit of a far stretch when its about one of your own, doesn’t it?

But in the end this all is only a distraction from the McCain camp and Republican Fox News to get us off the real issues that affect Americans. While the dow was down 650+ points today, Fox News main page, main article was about a photo of Sarah Palin suggesting it was sexist. That’s going to help the value of my 401k a lot!!

 
Comment by Passerby

@Chris, you need to get your facts straight on AIP and it’s quite a jump in logic to go from her husbands affiliation in the mid 90s to Sarah being a hater of America. AIP was mainly about contesting the legality of the statehood vote into the US. While the founder Vogler was no fan of US govt controlling the direction of Alaska, who died in 93, to paint them all in the same vein only shows your simplistic and baiting take of the issue.

The video by Sarah was a welcoming video to the organization holding a convention and recognizing a political party in that state, facts are revealing if you seek them out.

 
Comment by Oliver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEQdYdCfl60&feature=related

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

WHO IS TRIGS MOTHER : SARAH OR BRISTOL? Look at the pictures and the record…shocking!!!!

 
Comment by Carly

FOX News is a joke! It’s people like you and your ridiculous followers who are what’s wrong with our country. Those of us who know how ridiculous you are love to watch your anchors freak out…it’s amazing! Retouching…give me a break. It really is over for the republicans.

 
Comment by Chris

Its not like Obama married someone who advocated for Illinois secession from the United States.

Oh wait, that’s Sarah Palin’s husband who was regestered in the Alaskan Independence Party from 1995-2002. A radical group that wanted to RIP one of the stars of the flag of the USA.

Why would she hate her country so much that she would want to no longer be a part of it? And why would she be married to a man that was such a country hater? I guess she doesn’t see our country the way the rest of us do.

 
Comment by White woman for McCain

For GOD sakes!!!!! We are talking about our Country. There is no way in Hell any of us should if think of electing a person remotely associated with ACORN, Bill AYers. I don’t care what anyone says and I know alot people who would agree with me. The American people have the right to know what kind of person they are electing….

I love the comment people made about who a person associates with tells alot about them.SO TRUE…

McCain/Palin will turn the Country around.They have a record to prove it which is more than Obama can say.

 
Comment by Mike H.

to find fault as the liberal media is doing in the way they are doing it shows how shallow they are. Looks and appearance is so important to them, real people see clearly through this.

SAY NO TO B. O., SAY NO TO 4 YEARS OF B.O.

 
Comment by Passerby

@Davey, it’s simple, they hate and loath what they fear or perceive to be a threat to their obvious agenda. In truth that axiom could be applied to everything but since liberal media dominates in sheer numbers it’s plain enough.

 
Comment by Passerby

@Junior Little, isn’t that a little over the top, what part of Europe are you pretending to hail from? You should know as well, not all of us are inbred, for some, farm animals are involved, mums the word on that part.

 
Comment by Davey Wilkinson

Can someone please tell me why the major networks and major publications are giving their all to get Obama elected? I’ve been watching politics for years and I’ve never seen anything so obvious in my life. Newsweek will not be read by me anymore - ABC and Charlie Gibson - I’m done with them. They intentionally are slamming one of the greatest hopes for the USA in Sarah Palin. She talks plain language, she doesn’t have an axe to grind, she doesn’t have any favors to repay and what’s wrong with having someone like us in a leadership position?
D in Mississippi

 
Comment by Junior Little

Hi.

Is this where inbred America comes for all of its ill-gotten politcal news? The reason I ask is because I too am a simple-minded inbred American, and I’m looking for others who share my ridiculous uneducated views. Have I come to the right place?

Junior Little

PS - College is for Europeans

 
Comment by kathy in PA

This comment is to Pittsburgh Paul,

Your word re Govenor Palin’s ability;

‘But it is a huge step for someone who governs 600,000 people to one who governs a diverse population of 300 million, and is the leader of the free world.”

i have one question for you Does being a US Sen. for less then 200 days, a state Sen for a short while and lets not forget “community organizer’ make a person more ready to lead 300 million people as leader of the free world??????

 
Comment by Floyd Neuen

Just a note to say that I love and respect Sarah Palin, no matter if she had facial blemishes or not!
She is a great lady and embodies the very best of womanhood, as a wife, mother, and the upcoming Vice-President of the United States!

 

[...] las cosas más triviales. Veanlo en este post del blog de Fox, cuyo título se puede traducir como El Golpe Bajo de Newsweek a Palin. Dice: El sesgo evidente de la izquierda se ha colado de las páginas interiores hasta la foto de [...]

 
 
Comment by Passerby

@Josh, that was a nice display of an unreasoned argument frames as reasonable, bigot much?

 
Comment by Ryan White

To those who have problems with cowboys, I am one. I also have a college education and in fact work for a university. I also know many so called uneducated cowboys that are extremely intellegent and many PHDs that are on the lower level of the chain primarily because they have no (so called) common sense. ( It isn’t as common as it used to be) I have dined with intellects and ate chow with cowboys and bikers, drank booze with them all. It is my personal opinion that a drunk is a drunk and intellect is in the one who drinks tea, no matter his education.

 
Comment by Passerby

@Oliver, what is the point of your instigation through agitation method of discourse with other posters? It’s certainly no way to argue a point unless your intent was simply to ferment ire from those you disagree with?

 

[...] Digit for Growing Deficit• McCain, Obama Jockey for Voters’ Trust on Economy• FOX FORUM: Newsweek’s Palin Pot Shot | VIDEO• Questions Arise Over McCain’s Use of ‘That [...]

 
Comment by Mike Dooley
 
Comment by Ryan White

Hey Josh,
I suspect that you consider your self to be above average IQ. I personally don’t consider myself to be intellectualy superior to anybody. I do however know many Ivy League Grads who are not any smarter than myself. The fact is that I know many Texas A&M grads who rank up there with the smartest. They usually make more money in the corporate world than they ever could in politics and they give more to charatities than most of your Ivy leaguers, so get off your liberal, self worshiping, high horse, grab a shovel and clean up your B.S.

 
Comment by Ryan White

Ok, so she doesn’t do botox like Biden, and she is happy being a female. More power to her.

 
Comment by Diane

It’s quite ironic really. You see most of the hateful, racist, sexist, intolerant, rhetoric coming from the people who believe they are the most benevolent , caring people in the world. This photograph and comment is mild compared to what we will hear if McCain/Palin go up in the poles. I heard James Carvel make an ACORN style statement/threat that if Obama didn’t win there would be riots. Sorry, Mr.Carvel but I have more faith in black people being civil than you seem to.