H/t to our friends at Frugal Cafe for the corrections to this Newsweek cover

Here’s an interesting read from David Brody on a point we have not seen mentioned elsewhwere.  This week, we were so thrilled to see Time use a decent photo of Hillary Clinton on its cover that we didn’t stop to look at the photo Newsweek (or is that Newsweak?) used of Sarah Palin for the “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Sarah?” issue.

For starters, Sarah Palin’s not a problem.  If she wants it, the woman’s the 45th President of the United States, barring any decision by Hillary Clinton to take that title for herself.

Newsweek lifted a photo taken of Palin, an avid runner, for the fitness magazine Runners World — on whose cover the photo was appropriate — and used it in a political magazine — on whose cover it is not appropriate — to subtlely belittle Palin.  As Brody notes, it’s the rare feat of being biased and sexist at the same time.

We want to speak directly to conservatives for a minute here:  do not allow the Leftist media, which is acting on orders from the White House itself, to convince you Sarah Palin is not your candidate in 2012.  They are going to do everything they can think of for the next three years to tell you “Palin is too polarizing”, “Palin’s looks are an issue”, “Palin is crazy”, “Palin is unqualified”, etc.

You realize the same nonsense has been done to Hillary Clinton for the last twenty years, especially that polarizing part.  For Clinton, being older than Palin, she never endured the “too pretty to be taken seriously” attacks Palin gets (instead, Hillary has always been insulted over her weight, her body type, and her facial expressions).

The MSM will continue to tear up female candidates for office because unlike attacks on black people because of their skin color, attacks on politicians because of their gender are not only accepted, but encouraged.  ”Heh, heh, heh, that cover’s a good one.  Way to hit that Palin, we just hate her so much,” somewhere the collective MSM Sausagefest seems to be saying.

Americans, please stop buying Newsweek.

Stop buying TIME while you are at it, even if the cover of Clinton is decent this week.

Republicans, please start calling out misogyny and sexism wherever you see it because — even when it’s happening to Hillary Clinton or someone else you don’t typically support.

You know why?

51% of the population is female.

Democrats take women for granted, in the Camille Paglia/Gloria Steinem mindset that thinking women all have to agree with the Liberal cause and default vote Dem.

Well, let us assure you, many women have strong FEELINGS while doing their thinking…and if the Republican party became the party that’s known for standing up for women and shouting sexism and misogyny down, women will start to rethink their loyalty to Democrats in 2010 and 2012.

Just like with the LGBTQ community, cultural voting traditions are so deep for some people that you might not ever get them to vote GOP, but you might get people — people like us here are HillBuzz — to become so disgusted with how the Democrat Party operates that we move away from our dyed in the wool labels and start seeing us as Independents.

Sexism and misogyny in the media is a wedge that could drive enough female voters to Independent status to cost Dems Congress next year and the White House in 2012.

If Palin does indeed decide to run for president as we believe she will, the MSM will ratchet all of this nonsense up 100-fold to destroy her.

We pledge here today that we will continue to do everything we can to stand up for her.

Will you join us?

Will you also stand with us when they pull this stuff on Hillary Clinton?

What about Michelle Bachmann?

What about Martha Coakley, Meg Whitman, Kirsten Gillibrand, Carly Fiorina, Sue Lowden, etc.?

What’s happening is that a whole new generation of female politician is rising to prominence without kissing the ring of Gloria Steinem and the Leftist Feminist Brigade.  That causes immense jealousy.  Urban elitist women don’t like anyone who hasn’t been swimming in the same waters as them, and women like Steinem and Paglia don’t like any woman to be more successful or influential than the two of them think they themselves are.

The only women they like are ones they can say, “Oh, she’d be nothing without me.  I MADE her.  She’s only where she is because I gave her my blessing.”

Those are narcissists in feminists’ clothing.

If an article’s about a female politician setting out to promote a book that she’s written, photos of her dressed in running gear are not appropriate.

Would they run a photo of Mitt Romney in a Speedo or Mike Huckabee wearing his Halloween costume in an article about their thoughts on policy?

No.

But, that’s because Newsweek wants Romney, Huckabee, Charlie Crist, Tim Pawlenty, or John Huntsman to be the GOP nominee in 2012.

They don’t want Sarah.

Because Sarah would win.

So they have to do everything possible to destroy her every day so they can beat her into submission and convince her not even to run.

Sarah, if you’re listening, RUN, GOVERNOR, RUN!