I've been hearing mutterings that the Republicans are trying to carefully play the sexism card with respect to criticism of Sarah Palin. Their argument goes that Sarah Palin has just as much experience as Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, the Republicans never said Kaine was unqualified to be VP, but the Democrats are now saying that Palin is unqualified, so it must be because she's a woman. Yeah, good try - except that Karl Rove, an unofficial adviser to John McCain, attacked Governor Kaine as - you guessed it - unqualified to be vice president just three weeks ago. Next! (PS Kaine has been a governor 50% longer than Palin, and he was Lt. Gov. for four years before that. Palin, on the other hand, was the mayor of a town of 7,000 people, a PTA mom, and a sportscaster.)
September 3, 2008 4:14 AM
