Moonlight and Valentino

Columbia Journalism Review by Megan Garber | Oct. 23, 2008 (Opinion)
Why are the media so clothes-minded when it comes to Palin?

It's a story that gives the tired old dichotomies of Palin’s controversial candidacy (conservative politics versus liberal; street smarts versus book smarts; folksiness versus erudition; elitism versus Joe-six-packism; blah versus blah) a Pygmalionesque implication: that by bringing the outsider onto the GOP ticket and into the party’s echelons, McCain and his team have invited the common to infiltrate the exclusive, thereby daring—expecting?—the ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 24, 2008

Garber seems poetically worshipful of the Palin image. While the article has some validity that clothes and haircuts are peripheral, it ignores other major points, such as that Palin is unsuitable for president because of her ignorance, lack of intellectual curiosity, inexperience, uninformed bellicosity, vendictivity, ignorance of environmental problems, and theocratic religious views. No mention is made of the financing of the clothes exploiting a loophole in laws against buying clothing for candidates.

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