Sunday, September 28, 2008

Palin, Gender, Media blackouts

Some of us were recently talking about how constrained, restrained and over coached Sarah Palin has seemed. I remember watching interviews she did before she was announced as the VP and she seemed sharp and comfortable. I have always expected her to be smart and politically talented (kinda like she was in the state of the union). However, the disaster that was the Couric interview raises all sorts of other questions. I wonder how the Palin selection will be looked back on, what the legacy of it will be. This article offered some interesting perspective: it's angle is tokenism and affirmative action. I think the author is struggling with a similar questions:
http://www.slate.com/id/2200928/

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