The press was complaining mightily yesterday about being shut out of Sarah Palin’s meetings with foreign leaders in New York. These are the same people who for days after she was introduced on the national stage ripped her to shreds, including every dimension of her family life. The media’s rabid misogynous assault on Sarah Palin nearly topped its brutal attacks on Hillary Clinton throughout the Democratic primary.
In the meantime, Joe Biden has put his foot in his mouth almost every time he’s opened it in public. But as we would expect, the media has allowed the male Democratic vice presidential nominee to get off easy. It’s been up to the GOP to launch a Biden Gaffe Clock to record and publicize his most embarrassing off-message remarks, for example:
‘“Biden Said That Barack Obama ‘Ain't Taking My Shotguns’ And That ‘If He Tries To Fool With My Beretta, He's Got A Problem.”’
‘“Biden Said That He Didn't Support Clean Coal And Said ‘No Coal Plants Here In America.”’
‘“Biden Said That His Own Campaign Ad Criticizing John McCain's Computer Use Was ‘Terrible.’”
That last comment reminds me that not only has the so-called progressive wing of the Democratic party demonstrated a powerful strain of misogyny, it’s also resorting to the bigotry of ageism in its attacks on John McCain.
In the meantime, Joe Biden has put his foot in his mouth almost every time he’s opened it in public. But as we would expect, the media has allowed the male Democratic vice presidential nominee to get off easy. It’s been up to the GOP to launch a Biden Gaffe Clock to record and publicize his most embarrassing off-message remarks, for example:
‘“Biden Said That Barack Obama ‘Ain't Taking My Shotguns’ And That ‘If He Tries To Fool With My Beretta, He's Got A Problem.”’
‘“Biden Said That He Didn't Support Clean Coal And Said ‘No Coal Plants Here In America.”’
‘“Biden Said That His Own Campaign Ad Criticizing John McCain's Computer Use Was ‘Terrible.’”
That last comment reminds me that not only has the so-called progressive wing of the Democratic party demonstrated a powerful strain of misogyny, it’s also resorting to the bigotry of ageism in its attacks on John McCain.
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