Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Posts
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Actually, I guess she lies down for indoor tanning—she apparently had a tanning bed installed in the Alaska governor's mansion. Palin's now the poster child for the Indoor Tanning Association:
While partisan bloggers and the sun scare industry will use this as an opportunity to undermine Gov. Palin and demonize the indoor tanning industry, the fact is that Governor Palin’s decision to get UV light from a tanning bed positively impacts her health.
“Moderate amounts of indoor tanning allow Governor Palin to experience the many health benefits that come with exposure to UV light,” said Dan Humiston, President of the Indoor Tanning Association. “Especially in dreary northern locations like Alaska, indoor tanning can help guard against wintertime depression and ward off diseases associated with vitamin D deficiency. Kudos to Governor Palin for standing up to dermatologists and other members of the sun scare industry who are trying to frighten Americans away from UV light.”
(Hat tip: Undiplomatic.)
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Noreen wrote a great piece about the shrewd public persona of Megan McCain. I agree that Meghan's response to her comment on the Today show was quick and effective. What I found more interesting, though, is something she said that same day on The View.
When co-host Sherri Shepherd asked if she ever regrets anything she says, Meghan said no:
"I don't believe in regrets."
However, after the media began discussing the Today show comment, Meghan responded on her blog:
"I regret my comments as they were delivered."
I'm not saying she wasn't entitled to regret or that she shouldn't have posted the clarification. In fact, I think it was critical that she responded because it was obvious she didn't understand the full meaning of the comment when she made it. Although she swears she never wants to run for office, she's clearly feeling the heat from the political spotlight. Maybe she's learning the hard way that talking candidly isn't always the way to go.
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While John McCain might have made the politically ill-advised move of voting against the equal pay bill, it’s nice to see he practices pay equality. Women in his office make $1.04 for ever $1 his male staffers make. And InstaPundit links to this blog post saying that Senate records show that women working on McCain’s Senate staff make more money than their counterparts in Obama’s Senate office.
I figured that it couldn’t be as simple as that, so I did some Googling, and indeed there is an explanation. But it doesn’t really help Obama very much. Turns out McCain has more senior staffers that are women. Per ABCNews’ Jake Tapper:
Only one of Obama's five best-paid Senate staffers is a woman. Of McCain's five best-paid Senate staffers, three are women.
Of Obama's top 20 salaried Senate staffers, seven are women. Of McCain's top 20 salaried Senate staffers, 13 are women.
Granted, it's a small sample size, so I don't think we should try to infer too much from it. It doesn't mean that Obama's a sexist pig or that John McCain is the most enlightened gent in the Senate. But it should quell some of the skepticism that McCain is "anti-woman."
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