GOP strategy on Palin: Blame the media of sexism

"It's a pile-on," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said after addressing the California delegation Wednesday.

When asked if he thought Palin was experienced enough to be president, Hatch responded that the question was sexist - even though gender was never mentioned.

"I think it's demeaning, it's dismissive of women to think that a woman has run a small town, they're dismissive of small town America," Hatch said. "If it's not a big city, it's ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Sep 3, 2008 - 5:23 PM PDT
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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

Good reporting. Wide range of viewpoints. Accurate on the strategy--which is obvious to all. About the strategy itself, I can only say puhleeze! I'm a woman myself and the only stuff I've seen on Palin that approaches sexist has been in stories that questioned if she was prepared to parent a special-needs child in office. I posted a story from the NYT that quoted another legislator who talked about how hard it has been for her. But people asked the same about Edwards when he was ... More »

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