That's not funny

[firecat]

I am no fan of Governor Palin, but I am also not happy about jokes at her expense that are based on her sex or her sexual attractiveness. I think such jokes are going to set back the cause of electing women to political offices.

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[tedesson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's not like there isn't sufficient material to satirize based on her actual decisionmaking qualifications. But then, a lot of commentary is pretty lazy.

On the financial crisis, but related (and funny):

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/822be2cc-9c6d-11dd-a42e-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1