The photo is probably a more accurate portrayal of her. The fact that Palin is a political lightweight is better illustrated with this picture. She is far out of her league when dolled up in the traditional trappings of a politician. The poor woman can't open her mouth without sounding like an idiot. No wonder she quit her job. The heat in the political kitchen was so great to make her give up on the governorship. I really don't see how anyone could possibly think she'll now be able to handle the political kitchen in the White House. She's obviously incompetent at being a politician. Nevertheless, she's still a blessing for Obama in 2012. As long as she's distracting the religious right, the Dems should survive the election with a substantial majority. As long as they pass some sort of health care bill, that is...

Grace:

I have to tell you, you were “right on” this morning in the debate with Doc. Usually Doc is pretty lucid and I tend to agree with his view of things; but he was off his game with respect to the Sarah Palin Newsweek cover.

One has to wonder if Newsweek were going to do a cover story on Hillary or Nancy Pelosi or Sonja Sotameyer, would they have gone into some archive or purchased some picture taken for another magazine of one of these ladies in running gear to put on the cover of their magazine? I think Newsweek has an idealogical agenda in putting this particular photo [which I find sexist] on the cover. They are continuing to try and caricature Palin as someone not to be taken seriously.

Go Grace! You won!

There is nothing wrong with the photo but it was an inappropriate choice to accompany a serious news article. No news magazine has used the photos of Barack Obama in his swim trunks to accompany a serious news article. To select this picture was an obvious attempt to demean and trivialize Ms. Palin.

Picture was an inappropriate choice for a serious news article. They have never used the picture of Barack Obama in his swim trunks on the cover of a news magazine to connect with a serious article. The selection of this photo is demeaning in the sense that she is not being taken seriously as a politician. Great photo for a running article, just as Obama in swim trunks would be fine for an article on what presidents do to relax. Newsweek was trying to trivialize her.