Sassy Sarah Palin, the GOP's possible presidential nominee in 2012, is blasting Newsweek's cover image of the former Alaska governor, calling it sexist.
Palin writes on her Facebook page: "The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now. If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin. The media will do anything to draw attention - even if out of context."
A leggy, tanned, Palin appears on the cover of the magazine in short black shorts, bright red shirt, pig-tails, leaning on an American flag, next to a headline that says, "How do you solve a problem like Sarah?"
The image was actually shot for "Runners World," earlier this year. Newsweek apparently bought the rights to republish the image.
Daily Beast founder Tina Brown weighed in on Palin's outrage today, comparing her to another popular conservative contrarian who's all over the media, beauty pageant winner Carrie Prejean.
"If you don't want the moment captured on film, don't show up in sporty hot pants for a photo shoot," Brown writes. "But Palin, like Carrie Prejean, is savvy enough to know that umbrage is a great Day 3 story when you are running the media marathon."
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