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Eschaton — I'll admit a bit of a pause on Palin for two reasons: 1) Don't know much about her and 2) The selection of a woman by McCain requires some careful thought about potential criticisms which inadvertently wade into misogynist territory. Already we have questions asked about her which wouldn't be asked of a man by the media, and I want to avoid going anywhere near there myself. ...

Art Levine: Sarah Palin: The New Harriet Miers -- or Dan Quayle in Drag?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — McCain's stunning choice of the ex-beauty queen, evangelical half-term Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin may be one of the biggest political gambles in modern political history. But if the Democrats can avoid over-the-top sexism in belittling her, the pick could be a major boon to the Obama-Biden ticket. And as an added gift to Democrats, The Anchorage Daily News reports, Palin is scheduled to be deposed before the election in a blossoming scandal involving the apparently improper firing of the state's top ...

Obama Can’t Be A Good Father While President
Pirate's Cove — ... Media Matters themselves noted all the sexism during the media coverage, though they didn’t bother denouncing it. ...

Obama Can’t Be A Good Father While President
Stop The ACLU — ... of the idiots to make the suggestion, and now the talking points are making the rounds from the Nutosphere. Along with saying she should have had an abortion, in the grand old tradition of Adolph Hitler, Paul Ehrlich, and Margaret Sanger. If you scroll the the usual suspects in the Credentialed Media, you can see the sexism and ultra-partisanship in their assaults on Palin. Remember, these same folks barely said a word about the choice of Joe Biden, and all the baggage he carries. Media Matters themselves noted all the sexism during the media coverage, though they didn’t ...

CNN’s Sexist John Roberts: Why Isn't Sarah Palin at Home with Her Baby? (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... video via Media Matters: CNN’s John Roberts: "There's also this issue that on April 18th, she gave birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome.... Children with Down's syndrome require an awful lot of attention. The role of Vice President, it seems to me, would take up an awful lot of her time, and it raises the issue of how much time will she have to dedicate to her newborn child?" ...