Legally Blonde 4: Palin in the White House

So maybe Sarah Palin isn’t blonde. But this NYTimes Op/Ed points out some very interesting similarities.

Could Sarah Palin be Washington’s Elle Woods?

Consider these points:

Elle Woods seemed superficial; she was blonde and beautiful and no one took her seriously. Sarah Palin was a beauty queen.

Elle Woods is met with skepticism at Harvard; her peers and professors alike doubt her abilities. Sarah Palin has met skeptics.

Elle Woods keeps a secret for her client. Sarah Palin doesn’t do interviews.

Elle Woods had very little legal experience, yet overtook her professor’s case and won, when the odds were against her. Sarah Palin has little experience.

Maybe Palin’s naivety and lack of experience will be the catalyst Washington needs to change. Palin could be the big pink bow in a room full of balding, white-haired heads. Maybe America needs a break from the traditional and start moving away from historically effective and towards change.

But life isn’t always like Elle’s.

“Real life is different, of course, from Hollywood fantasy. Incompetence has consequences, political and personal. Glorifying or glamorizing the sense of just not being up to the tasks of life has consequences, too. It means that any woman who exudes competence will necessarily be excluded from the circle of sisterhood. We can’t afford any more of that.” –Judith Warner