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Greetings! You are reading an article from The Mudville Gazette. To reach the front page, with all the latest news and views, click the logo above or "main" below. Thanks for stopping by! November 18, 2009 These are a few of my favorite thingsBy GreyhawkRaindrops on roses - Media Matters, yesterday:
But whiskers on kittens, here's Media Matters today: There are a lot of legitimate reasons to criticize Sarah Palin, her new book, and her policies, but you don't have to stoop to sexism to do it. Newsweek's November 23 issue, however, does just that by publishing on its cover a photo of Palin in short running shorts and a fitted top, leaning against the American flag. Making matters worse is the equally offensive headline Newsweek editors chose to run alongside the photo -- "How Do You Solve a Problem like Sarah?" -- presumably a reference to the Sound of Music song, "Maria," in which nuns fret about "how" to "solve a problem like Maria," a "girl" who "climbs trees" and whose "dress has a tear." Gosh, it sure is hard to hold a moonbeam in your hand. The flag controversy failed in July and again in November, and while it may not have been their intent, Newsweek has managed to simultaneously remind people how attractive and healthy Sarah Palin is - and piss off feminists everywhere. In other news, "Palin said the president should follow the advice of Gen. Stanley McChrystal." To listen to McChrystal, to listen to the appointee that President Obama asked for, the advice from," she said. "McChrystal gave the president the advice and said, 'We need essentially a surge strategy in Afghanistan, so that we can win in Afghanistan. And that means more resources, more troops there.' It frustrates me and frightens me -- and many Americans -- that President Obama is dithering around with the decision in Afghanistan." Here in Mudville we think nothing would have convinced Democrats to support the war faster than Sarah Palin opposing it - but apparently Palin is determined to say what she thinks. Advice to Newsweek: Next time try a photo of Palin with a gun, to remind people that she's a hunter, who probably wouldn't mind shooting a doe. (A doe is a deer, a female deer.) Update: Whooops - been done:
But what I had in mind was something more like this:
Sometimes when you want things done right, you gotta do it yourself.
(And yes, that's her. Some people will use any excuse to post beauty pageant photos...) More: for any confused Democrats, here's the official Party line on Palin:
With all the right-wing, knee-jerk, feminist blowback from the Newsweek cover this is exactly what people need in order to start correctly thinking for themselves again. Newsweek did their part - now make sure it appears in your local newspaper today. Posted by Greyhawk / November 18, 2009 9:11 AM | Permalink TrackBackTrackBack URL: http://www.mudvillegazette.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/16974 5 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Note: I'm not a hunter, but I think that a shotgun is not the best weapon for taking down a deer.
Your intent is correct, however, because the audiences for Newsweek are urbanites and sheltered elite intellectuals. They don't know the difference between a shotgun, a rifle, and a fully-automatic assualt rifle. They just see a firearm and know that it is scary.
See http://blip.tv/play/AcrpLY3NKg
You are correct, but hunting or photoshop you gotta go with what you got.
Ohh nooo!!!1!
Teh Sarin Impalin has a AK 47!!!1!! She's gonna kill every1 wit it!!!!
/leftard
The Dims and their state owned media are jealous of Sarah Palin because she's a damn sight better looking than anything they have. Geeze, look at the pantsuit brigade such as San Fran Nan an Wide load Hitlery. Or how about MoDo from the NYToilet paper. Yeah, I gets me some wood over those double baggers.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sarah got the word and apologizes for using the flag as a prop. The Nazis didn't like Maria either. Nor will the jihadis care for the Sarah Palin Doctrine of "We Win. You Lose."