People are already handwringing about how the Democrats can attack Sarah Palin. That\u2019s stupid. There\u2019s plenty to attack Palin on. She\u2019s radically anti-choice, she\u2019s a social reactionary, she\u2019s got no foreign policy experience to speak of, and her pick by McCain bespeaks a sort of belief that women are interchangable and that any vagina will do \u2014 Palin and Hillary Clinton are as similar as James Dobson and Dennis Kucinich, and only someone who thinks women are too dumb to know the difference between the two would think that Palin\u2019s very presence on the ticket would win over Clinton Democrats.<\/p>\n
But let\u2019s state this flatly, right here, right now \u2014 where you don\u2019t<\/em> attack Palin is based on her looks. Based on her femininity. Based on her being a mother. Based on her XX genotype. Sarah Palin is a former Miss Alaska, and conventionally attractive. But that doesn\u2019t mean her mind is irrelevant to the discussion, that her experience as a Mayor or Governor is somehow worthless.<\/p>\n Contrawise, Palin is not immune to being attacked because she\u2019s a woman. Joe Biden is more experienced on national security; he should<\/em> make that a point of attack. Sarah Palin isn\u2019t particularly experienced; that should<\/em> be an issue. Palin is extraoridnarily pro-life, way out of the mainstream on the issue; that should<\/em> be brought to light. Those issues don\u2019t go away because she\u2019s a woman. Those issues don\u2019t go away, period.<\/p>\n Palin should be judged in the same way any other candidate for the vice presidency should be judged \u2014 on her merit as a candidate and a leader. Period. Attack her record and attack her experience \u2014 those must be on the table. But her gender \u2014 that should be off the table, period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" People are already handwringing about how the Democrats can attack Sarah Palin. That\u2019s stupid. There\u2019s plenty to attack Palin on. She\u2019s radically anti-choice, she\u2019s a social reactionary, she\u2019s got no foreign policy experience to speak of, and her pick by … Continue reading