# Sarah Palin - too sexy for national office? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198 "2008-10-16T13:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/41 "2008-10-17T13:27:53Z")
Maybe we should wait to see Larry Flynn’s new movie. Work warning… **NSFW** … [http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/10/02/palin-look-alike-no-anal-porn-is-overpriced/](http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/10/02/palin-look-alike-no-anal-porn-is-overpriced/) ---
**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/42 "2008-10-17T13:37:44Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > So we gotta remember, Palin is being presented as the kind of anti-Hilary. She is the conservatives showing up what their idea of a “real woman” is like. Not too smart, popping out kids, sexy but conservative, and completely out of her element in the world of power. Do you really think she’s not too smart? She did manage to get elected to both local and state wide office in Alaska. I’m betting she’s smarter and better suited to the ‘world of power’ than a large percentage of the population. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/43 "2008-10-17T13:38:49Z")
If you’re betting your vote on it, you should consider GA. Everything out of her mouth convinces me that what she lacks in formal education, she makes up for in intellectual laziness. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/44 "2008-10-17T14:47:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I think that she is about as attractive and sexy as Tonya Harding. And twice as stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/45 "2008-10-17T14:51:25Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > And twice as stupid. Well, if you give me a six pack I’d nail her. But only if she didn’t speak. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/46 "2008-10-17T14:53:13Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > Well, if you give me a six pack I’d nail her. > > But only if she didn’t speak. So _that’s_ what that Joe Sixpack meme was all about! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/47 "2008-10-17T14:57:55Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > The foreign leaders or the tits? Why can’t it be both? FTR, I don’t think she’s any more attractive than Condoleezza Rice, and I’ve never heard this kind of question about Rice. If the question is whether or not foreign leaders will take Palin seriously, the real one should be, how can they take _Rice_ seriously, given that they meet with her all the time and the VP only rarely? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/48 "2008-10-17T15:00:44Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > She’s not too sexy for office but she doesn’t project power, she projects cuteness. And she exploits her own cuteness. That has worked well for local and state office but does not work on the national and international playing field. > > Benazir Bhutto was sexy (and a Muslim to boot, try combining those two in public office) but she projected leadership. > > Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir, not your pin-up girls. Just sayin’. How about Yulia Tymoshenko? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/49 "2008-10-17T15:03:19Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > If the question is whether or not foreign leaders will take Palin seriously, the real one should be, how can they take _Rice_ seriously, given that they meet with her all the time and the VP only rarely? They take Rice seriously because she is a serious person. Her attractiveness is a non-issue because it’s a non-issue _to her_. She’s not relying on it, because she has something beyond it to offer. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/50 "2008-10-17T15:13:36Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Whoa, there! having 5 kids = unattractive? :dubious: No…but…well, I think my mind is a lot more filthy than yours. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/51 "2008-10-17T15:16:03Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Why can’t it be both? > > FTR, I don’t think she’s any more attractive than Condoleezza Rice, and I’ve never heard this kind of question about Rice. If the question is whether or not foreign leaders will take Palin seriously, the real one should be, how can they take _Rice_ seriously, given that they meet with her all the time and the VP only rarely? > [@DianaG](#): > > They take Rice seriously because she is a serious person. Her attractiveness is a non-issue because it’s a non-issue _to her_. She’s not relying on it, because she has something beyond it to offer. Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/52 "2008-10-17T16:07:31Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > FTR, I don’t think she’s any more attractive than Condoleezza Rice, and I’ve never heard this kind of question about Rice. If the question is whether or not foreign leaders will take Palin seriously, the real one should be, how can they take _Rice_ seriously, given that they meet with her all the time and the VP only rarely? You’re kidding. Condoleezza Rice looks like an angry bulldog. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/53 "2008-10-17T16:35:58Z")
I see Palin came 4th in a recent [sexiest politician list](http://www.spike.com/blog/top-10-sexiest/68661). I think the #3 lady is pretty hot for a world leader. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/54 "2008-10-17T16:45:46Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > They take Rice seriously because she is a serious person. Her attractiveness is a non-issue because it’s a non-issue _to her_. She’s not relying on it, because she has something beyond it to offer. Well then it doesn’t matter what Palin looks like or dresses like, does it? Your point has nothing to do with Palin’s looks; you’re saying she won’t be taken seriously because she’s dumb. If we extended your argument further, the inference is that it’s fine for dumb politicians to be ugly, but we can’t have attractive dumb politicians. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/55 "2008-10-17T16:51:05Z")
Um… or that dumb people don’t deserve to be taken seriously no matter what they look like. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/56 "2008-10-17T17:01:54Z")
Her hair style is a half step removed from a mullet. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/57 "2008-10-17T17:18:02Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Um… or that dumb people don’t deserve to be taken seriously no matter what they look like. Well, fair enough, but there are 112,059\* other threads for people to discuss Palin’s intelligence (or lack thereof). \*As of 1:24pm EST on 10/17/08 ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/58 "2008-10-17T17:34:00Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > I see Palin came 4th in a recent [sexiest politician list](http://www.spike.com/blog/top-10-sexiest/68661). > I think the #3 lady is pretty hot for a world leader. I don’t know if I can trust that list. They have Hillary Clinton as the 9th sexiest female politician. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/59 "2008-10-17T17:58:56Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > She’s been knocked up at least 5 times. I think, by definition, that makes her not a cock-tease. 😛 Two words: Turkey Baster. ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198/60 "2008-10-17T18:27:34Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I don’t think anyone questions that Sarah Palin is an attractive middle aged woman. Which is definitely a “good thing” IMO! But I wonder if the way she presents herself is somewhat on the sexy side for someone aspiring to national office. Are we talking about this [Sarah Palin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Palin_In_Carson_City_On_13_September_2008.jpg), or someone else? Who apparently described herself as “pitbull with lipstick”? Did you drink/smoke something powerful, or do you have a very unusual taste? I don’t see her sexy at all, rather the opposite. > [@](#): > > I’m not suggesting she is outside of the mainstream for average society - but just wondering if it is the “style” one would wish of someone who might - say - meet with foreign leaders and represent our nation around the world. Condoleeza Rice traveled around the world a bit for the current Admin., and she would like rather hot if not for her terrible ethics/morals/ political associations and the apparently permantly disgruntled expression on her face. In general, the rest of the world would thank the US to elect a different Admin than the current one, meaning: an Admin that listens and talks to the rest of the world, stops treating the rest of the world as backyard (exploiting, second-class humans), works together with civilized countries on human rights and enviroment, and stops with all the aggression. In other words, if McCain gets elected, people will bitch about his politics and not fawn about his VP; if Obama gets elected, people will give him credit for hopeful changing, and not give a damn on how his VP looks. (Though Obama himself certainly looks much better and hotter than either the crusty old coot McCain or that gargoyle Palin.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-too-sexy-for-national-office/468198.md?page=4)