Palin-Bash Continues: Africa Not a Continent
Tommy Christopher
Contributor
Posted:
11/6/08
Fox News reports that cowardly McCain staffers continue to attack McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, in an obvious attempt to lay blame at her feet, rather than their own.
Note the, once again, sexist connotations in the remarks about her being "emotional and hard to handle."
Even more extraordinary, though, is the admission that the McCain campaign was fully aware of this, and prepared to hand the Vice-Presidency to someone who lacked such basic knowledge. This says less about Palin, who had little need for foreign policy expertise as Alaska's Governor, than it does about McCain's cynical opportunism in picking Palin to begin with.
Note the, once again, sexist connotations in the remarks about her being "emotional and hard to handle."
Even more extraordinary, though, is the admission that the McCain campaign was fully aware of this, and prepared to hand the Vice-Presidency to someone who lacked such basic knowledge. This says less about Palin, who had little need for foreign policy expertise as Alaska's Governor, than it does about McCain's cynical opportunism in picking Palin to begin with.
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