"Hot and Bothering"

Excellent commentary by Jennifer Pozner, regarding the media's approach to women in power, specifically Sarah Palin:

Consider the bipartisan parade of male politicians whose arrogance, greed – and, let's be frank – penises have been responsible for endless ethical and legal breaches. They've paid prostitutes (David Vitter; Elliot Spitzer), sexually harassed pages (Mark Foley), cheated on their wives with staff members (John Ensign; John Edwards), redefined "hiking the Appalachian trail" (Mark Sanford), and committed flagrant corruption (Rod Blagojevich; Ted Stevens). Yet it is Sarah Palin – not these immoral, egomaniacal hypocrites – who the press has diagnosed as mentally ill, questioning whether she has "Narcissistic Personality Disorder." Apparently, breaking laws and vows is just something "the big dogs" do, but if a self-centered woman inappropriately spends campaign cash on clothes and surrounds herself with sycophants, she's clinically insane.