Beauty pageant Quote by Jay Leno

We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards?

— Jay Leno

Perhaps it's time to stop analyzing Sarah Palin as a politician. Maybe, in her own muddled way, she is at last owning up to…

— Tina Brown

She looks like a woman who has found it ridiculous to commit herself to a single emotional stance in anything, but must always ride…

— Sylvia Plath

Americans have gotten to know Sarah Palin. They know that she's a role model to women and other - and reformers all over America.…

— John McCain

AOC has proven that she is unfit to hold public office. She is a grandstanding activist who refuses to grow up.

— Miranda Devine

We laughed about McCain's VP pick, but now we see the genius of it. She's much more interesting than either McCain or Obama, but…

— Jackie Fuchs

I have covered Pelosi for years, and always wondered how she learned to operate and excel in politics the way she does.

— Dana Bash

An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians.

— Nell Scovell

It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a…

— Dee Dee Myers

It is very creditable when a woman gets into politics. She does this at the expense of responsibilities toward her home and family and…

— Preneet Kaur

Cultural stupidity accounts for virtually every aspect of Sarah Palin, both as a person and a political icon. Which, come to think of it,…

— Joe Bageant

I could not think higher of Governor Palin. She is a force of nature and has inspired a generation of women to really get…

— Steve Bannon