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Sarah Palin is currently involved in a heated back-and-forth with Newsweek magazine (while Runner’s World ducks for cover) over their use of a sexy cover photo of her on their most recent issue. This whole thing sounded weirdly familiar to me. Newsweek magazine accused of sexist cover photo, headline calling her a problem? Sure enough, it looks like this is an annual event for Newsweek. There are a few key differences, though.

Back in October of 2008, Newsweek took fire from Palin supporters for a cover photo that was NOT sexy enough.

By now you’ve surely heard about the controversy brewing over this Newsweek cover photo of Sarah Palin: Clad in athletic gear for a Runner’s World photo shoot, wearing shorts, arm resting casually on an American flag. The controversial part is that Newsweek used this photo, because it shows Sarah Palin posing in shorts, which some people think is sexist. Now Runner’s World responds.

“I told you so” moments are pretty sweet — and thanks to Sarah Palin, now I’ve got one. Ten months to the day after her speech at the Republican National Convention, I would like for this woman to eat her words: I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these [...]