Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008 | 2:06 a.m.
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I have no doubt whatsoever that Sarah Palin is a great mom, a wonderfully bright woman and a fine person.
That said, there is also absolutely no question about why she was chosen by John McCain and the guys in the shadows to be the Republicans’ vice presidential nominee: to see if disenchanted and disgruntled Hillary Clinton supporters will go for her to punish Barack Obama and the Democrats for not nominating Hillary.
All along the attack dogs have been stressing experience and Obama’s “lack thereof.” It would be so easy to call this desperation move pandering but it’s far worse than that. This choice is an insult to women in general, all women.
What it says ever so loudly is that the Republican Party believes women will vote exclusively on the fact that the choice is female and that women are really too dumb to see this choice for what it is. It is unquestionably sexist and in my humble opinion stupid.
I guess the Republicans truly believe that if the country bought Dubya for two terms, they can sell us anything.
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