They used the Runners World pic....

Sarah Palin is understandably pissed off about today's Newsweek cover, which shows her looking all peppy and sporty, instead of, like, smart and leadery. The...

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/sarah-palin-newsweek-cover/

Sexist? Likely imo...

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"The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now," Palin writes on, where else, her Facebook page. On the one

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Read more: Is Newsweek’s Sarah Palin Cover Sexist? -- Daily Intelhttp://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/11/is_newsweeks_sarah_palin_cover.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nymag%2Fintel+%28Daily+Intelligencer+-+New+York+Magazine%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#ixzz0X9kvMgPu

Sexist? I don't get it. I would understand if she was playing the "The liberal media is trying to portray me as someone unfit to lead' card, but sexism? The only call for that is the pigtails and the running shorts which, um, you did/put on, Mrs. Palin.

EDIT: Just noticed that at the top you said the picture was pulled from Runner's World, so nix that last sentence. Still, I don't the picture's intent was to make any sort of comment on her gender. Seems to be much more about the ability to take her seriously.