Flirting her way to victory Sarah Palin's farcical debate performance lowered the standards for both female candidates and US political discourse <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/oct/03/sarah.palin.debate.feminism" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/oct/03/sarah.palin.debate.feminism</a>