Running Scared (!) the Obama Team Targets Sarah Palin in Latest Ad

You have to give the Christian Science Monitor credit. They’ve noticed over there that Obama’s latest ad that attacks Sarah Palin is “harsh” and “questionable.”

Posting at the Vote Blog, Jimmy Orr calls the Obama camp to account, and Orr notes that others finally seem to be coming to Palin’s defense against what I’ve referred to at Katalusis as that steady stream of misogynist sewage shot her way by the media.

Orr writes:

‘“The director of Women’s Watch Inc., a nonprofit women’s advocacy group in New Jersey, wrote an op-ed two days ago in the Philadelphia Inquirer entitled, ‘Palin deserves our respect.’

“It’s a difficult column to read. What she discusses is ugly. Really ugly.

‘“I cannot predict who will win the presidential campaign, but I already know who will lose big: all women,’ she writes.

“After describing a disgusting encounter with a Palin hater, she writes:

‘“All this is at a time when women are regularly being raped as they try to cross the border into the United States; bloody, broken women haunt the emergency rooms of hospitals; and abuse and disrespect for women and girls is rising faster than bank bailouts. That is the atmosphere in which people, including women, choose to attempt to destroy a woman who is a legitimate political leader.

““Agreement on issues is not required, but Palin merits respect.

‘“Mockery and vilification of women such as Palin should become just as taboo as race-based slams. Until then, women are the real losers.’

Orr notes:

“Even some Democrats in Hollywood say enough is enough.

“At a political forum sponsored by the Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors, Variety reports that television producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason spoke up for Palin.

‘“Bloodworth-Thomason said that even though she disagrees with Palin politically, she is dismayed by personal attacks. ‘It’s made me angry, and it’s made me angry on behalf of women,’ she said.”’

Read Orr’s post in its entirety and watch Obama’s questionable ad here.