Oh, God!  I could try to come up with some analysis on how a feminist might react to this situation (i.e. a) the young Sarah Palin looks rather healthy, given that beauty pageant contestants are stereotyped as chronic dieters, b) Isn’t it ironic that the path to being the conservative, anti-feminist Republican VP candidate can include participation in a beauty pageant, or c) Is the fact that this woman was in a beauty pageant and then became a “prominent” politician a tribute or a blow to feminism?) but I’m really just at lost for words and can’t come up with anything.  This election is getting exponentially weirder by the day.