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Originally Posted by Derwood
He knew that if he put her feet to the fire it would get spun as "Mean Entrenched Senator Picks on Cute Alaskan Hockey Mom" by the press. He was 100% right in focusing his attacks on McCain and playing nice with Palin
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I still think he could have been harder on her. Quite frankly anyone that thinks the vp only deals with puppies and flowers all day (a.k.a. people that think asking Palin questions that she can't answer is "sexist") isn't going to be convinced by a debate. It's the independents and undecideds he should be concentrating on. I'll bet you dollars to donuts that seeing Palin fail miserably isn't going to win her any votes.
Not only that, but there are a lot of brilliant, wonderful woman leaders in this country that I want to be able to vote for some day. I want them to be hit just as hard as the men, and pulling punches with Palin simply demonstrates the double standard. I may not have supported Senator Clinton's candidacy for POTUS, but at least I respected her intelligence and ability. I know she'd make a decent president, never stumped on current events, political theory, or softball questions. Governor Palin's candidacy for VP is really setting women back, and I find it depressing. Hitting Palin hard sends a message:
"women, we want you to run for president and vice president, and we're going to treat you with the same respect as the men".