There are lessons to be learned from Sarah Palin's jacket and yes, I'm referring to fencing. The first time I noticed Sarah Palin's red leather jacket was when I saw Jon Stewart joking about it on the Daily Show. Why did it cost so much? Did she buy the original Michael Jackson Thriller jacket? The jacket was everything I usually avoided in a jacket: bright, no useful pockets, a little shorter than I like. IOW, it was impractical for my lifestyle. And I WANTED IT. ...