Fox Decries Palin's 'Unwanted Facial Hair'

Conservatives are frothing at the mouth over Newsweek's new cover photo of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, which they say should have been retouched. From CBS:

Despite countless magazine pictures and covers with similarly unflattering pix of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama (and his wife, Michelle), this one, they whine, shows too many wrinkles and too much unsightly facial hair and was taken from too close an angle. Apparently you've got to see one in person to get the full effect.

You can sample the apoplexy in the video below.

Also making waves are the now-infamous Reuters "upskirt" photos, which make it appear as though McCain supporters are looking up Palin's skirt. Silly boys, that's the government's job.

I haven't seen the cover up close, but you can tell it's an uncomfortably close shot. Wahhh! Hillary Clinton dealt with far worse. I don't think it's that bad a shot of her.

What bothers me more is that Newsweek, along with the rest of the media, refuses to show the real ugliness of Sarah Palin and John McCain. All of this hand-wringing about supposedly sexist photographs, yet nary a mention of the ticket's hostility towards women's issues.

I issued a challenge to our readers to spread the story of Palin's rape kit policy, e-mailing it to everyone they could think of. I would suggest that a reasonable response to this Newsweek story would be to e-mail it to them, too. Maybe then, they'll reveal something important about McCain/Palin besides some peachfuzz.

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