"Just scanned the Vanity Fair article by Todd Purdum entitled "It Came from Wasilla" ...I didn't see anything "slimy" in it."

                   This passage pretty much sets the tone for the article. It seems slimy to me. Certainly not objective journalism, and the writer makes less attempt to tone down his own political biases than anything on Fox.

    "As Palin makes her way slowly across the crowded ballroom—dressed all in black; no red Naughty Monkey Double Dare pumps tonight—she is stopped every few inches by adoring fans. She passes the press pen, where at least eight television cameras and a passel of reporters and photographers are corralled, and spots a reporter for a local community newspaper getting ready to take a happy snap with his pocket camera. For a split second she stops, pauses, turns her head and shoulders just so, and smiles. She holds the pose until she's sure the man has his shot and then moves on. A few minutes later, the evening's nominal keynote speaker, the Republican Party's national chairman, Michael Steele, who has been reduced to a footnote in the proceedings, introduces the special guest speaker..."