Polishing Her Mettle ; Could Be Positioned As Independent Thinker

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Sarah Palin arouses venom from the left like Hillary Rodham Clinton from the right. On the day after her "Oprah" interview, Richard Cohen in The Washington Post said it was time for "Palintology," punning ungallantly on the study of fossils. In the New York Times, the television critic, writing about her appearance on "Oprah," said "she still had the hunted look and defensive crouch" she demonstrated in the campaign. This is pretty much politics as usual. The dominant liberal media can't see beyond their stereotypes.

Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC put Mrs. Palin's face atop several female bodies, one in a red, white and blue bikini and another in a tight black miniskirt and high heels. He decreed that "she's hot," not necessarily an insult but he apologized for the pictures. Newsweek, which runs an Obama cover every other week, put her on the cover this week in running shorts.

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Polishing Her Mettle ; Could Be Positioned As Independent Thinker

Stereotypes of politicians and other celebrities are fair game and sometimes even fun. I once described Mrs. Palin as the female Republican "Crocodile Dundee," who could wrestle an alligator or sh...

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