Sarah Palin & Others Who Raised Hackles

When Indira Gandhi (photo above) was a candidate for the post of prime minister in India she was harshly described as a “dumb doll’ by even the strong men in her powerful party. Later, when Gandhi ruled with an iron hand she was described by her detractors and admirers as the “only man in her Cabinet of Ministers”!

The Times takes a look at the top women leaders with reputations for raising hackles. “It’s disgraceful what passes for controversy these days. From the media storm created last week, you would think Sarah Palin was the first moose-shooting anti-abortionist to ever take the world stage.

“Come to think of it, she probably is. But to really get tongues wagging back in the day you had to have a reputation for incest, torture, murder and stealing from the destitute.” More here…

The Independent believes that Palin power helped McCain draw level in race for the White House. More here…