Public image of Sarah Palin who's a conservative; a successful woman whose life is unapologetically grounded in religious belief; a lady who's a leader." A great deal of attention was paid to Palin's physical appearance during the 2008 elections. According to "Vogue" magazine, "Besides being telegenic, [Palin] had a tough-girl Alaskan résumé that most politicians could only dream of—the protein her family eats comes from fish she has pulled out of the ocean with her own hands and caribou she has shot." Others were quick to point out striking resemblances of Palin to actress Tina Fey, who would impersonate her on "Saturday Night Live", and
Political positions of Sarah Palin make conditions for the opening of negotiations." However, Kissinger does not advocate negotiations at the presidential level. During the 2008 vice-presidential debate on October 2, 2008, Palin stated that "A leader like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is not sane or stable when he says things like that, is not one whom we can allow to acquire nuclear energy, nuclear weapons." She also further criticized Obama's proposal in 2007 to meet with Ahmadinejad without preconditions, stating that such an action "is downright dangerous because leaders like Ahmadinejad, who would seek to acquire nuclear weapons and wipe off the face of