Some in the Republican Party contend that Sarah Palin is the poster child of feminism, the new, "real" face of blue-collar womanhood. And voilà, a button of the Alaska governor in the guise of Rosie the Riveter has appeared for sale on eBay. (Just like her jet!)We'll just put aside the fact that she ran Alaska like a Queen Bee out of Mean Girls.
One can quibble that the Republicans' new-found concern for women's issues and sexist representations of women in the media seems, well, a bit cynical. But of course, we can't expect that the right's near-beatification of Palin (“She is anti-abortion, anti-gay-marriage, anti-Big Oil, a lifetime member of the N.R.A., she hunts, she fishes — she is the perfect woman!” says an enthusiast in today's New York Times) would resonate with those who don't believe in beatification at all. (“Go back to the city, you liberal Communists!”)
But in keeping with the hagiography and iconography, I put together a draft of a new campaign poster that could turn the tide:
