'Newsweek' cover of Sarah Palin is sexist

I am not one of the great admirers of Sarah Palin as a political leader, but fair is fair, and the Newsweek cover of Palin sexist, pure and simple.

The photo was taken as an athletic shoot, and to put it on the front page of a major weekly newsmagazine was totally out of context, biased and sexist. We have all seen pictures of President Barack Obama showing some skin in a bathing suit, but these were political paparazzi photos and were not placed on the cover of major news magazines.

The Palin photo was just as sexist as the recent piece by the National Republican Congressional Committee that suggested the Speaker be put in her place. Just as sexist as some of the barbs that have been directed toward Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton over many years.

Wrong is wrong, and sexism is sexism. Whether it is directed toward Palin, Clinton or Pelosi, it is just plain wrong.