--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: <snip> [I wrote:] > > And with Palin, we saw it coming > > almost *exclusively* from the left. > > Palin was an idiot. She had no business running for vice > president, and McCain was a fool to choose her. If she > had been a man with the same capabilities, then I'd be > saying "he" was an idiot and McCain was a fool to choose > him.
Sure. But that's the point--she had so many negatives politically, she wouldn't have been competitive if she had been a man. So why did the left (including the usual suspects here) feel the need to use sexism against her? Criticism of her abilities and lack of experience should have been more than enough.