[The Flying Dutchman]

The AP even managed to get a photo of Palin on a stage, her ankles in the foreground and some guy's head in the background looking up at her. You know, like how guys look at strippers on stage.

THAT is probably the best observation possible.

It also goes along with the Tina Fey portrayal, the "Bristol Stomp", and the porn flicks that came out at the same time. All crafted to transform her image into a hypocrite and harlot.

[Terpfen]

It also goes along with the Tina Fey portrayal, the "Bristol Stomp", and the porn flicks that came out at the same time. All crafted to transform her image into a hypocrite and harlot.

Bingo. The strategy was and is to delegitimize Palin by making her into a "pretty face" (being kind here) rather than portray her as a substantive conservative. Let's not forget that simply by standing on stage holding her baby Trig, she demolishes the liberal narrative about what feminism is and means.

With regards to the porn flick starring the lookalike, I'll say that if it weren't for the fact that Larry Flynt produced it, I wouldn't count it as part of the media assault on Palin. But it's a Flynt "creation" and so it counts.