Really? The right and left can't find enough to bicker about that they have to pick apart something as inane and outdated as the Miss America Pageant? Now, I'm a conservative guy, generally, but to say that Rima Fakih (Arab-American, and *gasp* Muslim) won the 2010 Miss America Pageant because of political correctness is just silly. Still, that's the slant from many right-wingers. The girl is smoking hot, and really the name of this event could be changed to "Which piece of ass does this particular judging panel think is hottest on this night" Pageant, so why shouldn't she w in?
The runner-up? Morgan Elizabeth Woolard, an All-American, apple-pie eating, Christian beauty from Oklahoma! How could she lose? The "fix" must have been on! Um, no, not really. They're both delicious, and Fakih just won. That's it.
Now, the left is attacking Woolard for supporting the right for the State of Arizona to pass immigration legislation they deem necessary in her Q&A segment of the pageant. The right is attacking Fakih's religion/heritage, and digging up video of her winning a pole-dancing contest. If only politicians had to endure the scrutiny that a beauty pageant winner has to...
It's T&A, not an campaign debate.
PS Do any of you ever look at the list of name who are browsing this forum, and smile? I do.

Divide and conquer. Old tactics with a new paintjob.