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Study: Sarah Palin Too Pretty to Attract Voters
Study: Sarah Palin Too Pretty to Attract Voters
Via the LA Times comes word of a theory sure to raise a few eyebrows : Newly-released academic research suggests that Sarah Palin's sexiness, while great for selling copies of Vogue magazine and political buttons about the hottest governor from the coldest state last fall, may actually have ...
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Geoffrey Dunn: She's Too Sexy?: Sarah Palin and Voodoo Social-Psychology
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... less desirable). Suddenly there are headlines everywhere: "Palin Hurt by a Focus on Her Looks," trumpets the Atlanta Constitution. "New Study Suggests Hot Sarah Palin Should Dowdy-Down for 2012," says the L.A. Times (which HuffPo turned into "Palin's Looks May Have Hurt GOP Ticket"). "Sexy Sarah Palin Needs to Get Ugly to Win in 2012," declares First Post. "Sarah Palin Too Pretty to Attract Voters," says AOL News. A more thoughtful and in-depth discussion of the issue, "Which Came First: The ...

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