I think we can agree that it's objectively true that Sarah Palin is a physically attractive woman. So attractive that, whatever her politics, she was destined to be objectified by many who can't get past the superficial.
Sad to say, if she was on our side of the political spectrum, I'm confident that some leftist jerk with a blog would have exclaimed to the world much the same thing Rich Lowry did after the VP debate, saying, in so many words (who know he was such a Romantic?), that she made them horny. (Although that person would then have been bombarded by both ideological sides, rather than just the Left.)
But (BREAKING!) there's more to real beauty than physical appearance, and I think Sarah Palin offers us a pretty stark lesson in that area. Good! It's something our 'looksist' culture (to use an old feminist term) could stand to learn on a regular basis.
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