Republicans discover sexism

04Sep08

I was listening to NPR the other day and they had a Republican delegate on discussing the choice of Sarah Palin as VP. About halfway through the interview, the interviewer asked a perfectly reasonable question: Does Sarah Palin have the experience she needs for this position? The Republican spewed out a few answer-like substances about how people with larger constituencies have done shitty jobs. After the interviewer asked his question for the third or fourth time, the Republican let out this non sequitur:

“Admit it–you wouldn’t be asking that if she were a man!”

…WHAAAAAAA? You could actually hear the interviewer’s thought process as he responded. “What the fuck? Did he just say that? Where… where did that come from? Did a Republican just call me a sexist?” All this was expressed verbally in a simple, “What? No!”

For a party that’s ever-poised to call people on using the “gender card” any time a female candidate expresses a distaste to being called a cunt-faced bitch, the Republicans sure do like playing that card themselves! And it’s sad, because crying, “Sexism!” every time someone expressed concern that being governor of the nation’s second smallest state for two years might not make for the best credentials takes away from the sexism Gov. Palin is actually going to face and has faced already (ie: VPILF, pregnancy cover-ups, “But what if she gets breast milk on some important documents?!”).

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