The Other Woman
by digby
Watch out Sarah … I think you could be replaced by a much younger model:
A 17-year-old from Nebraska became the youngest winner of the Miss America crown in 90 years on Saturday after beating 52 other young women from across the United States…
[Teresa] Scanlan, a recent high school graduate from the western Nebraska town of Gering, planned to study American politics at Patrick Henry College in Virginia after her reign as Miss America.
She also hoped to attend law school, become a judge and eventually a politician, according to her pageant biography.
Scanlan won after strutting in a black bikini and a white evening gown, playing “White Water Chopped Sticks” on piano and telling the audience that when it comes to the website Wikileaks, security should come before public access to government information.
“You know when it came to that situation, it was actually based on espionage, and when it comes to the security of our nation, we have to focus on security first and then people’s right to know, because it’s so important that everybody who’s in our borders is safe and so we can’t let things like that happen, and they must be handled properly,” she said.
She’s only 17 and she sounds at least as articulate than your average pundit on this subject — she didn’t even call for them to hunted down like dogs.
Palin had better watch out. This young woman could be the Tea Party’s trophy wife.
BTW: Patrick Henry College:
Patrick Henry College (PHC) is the first college in the United States founded specifically for Christian home-schooled students. Patrick Henry is known for its conservative evangelical Christian focus.
h/t ms
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