All day I wrestled with the Palin choice. Why on earth would McCain put someone like Palin on his ticket. Does he truly believe women are just stupid airheads. I searched the blogsphere for answers until it hit me. The sexism card.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, and so what can we expect from the Republicans. The selection is a hell Mary any way you slice it. But, I can just see Karl Rove calculating that the media will do what they do best to anger some women voters to McCain.
Just a hunch, but here goes. Everyone knows that McCain could have chosen a more experienced and recognized woman. But, he chose someone who has the least amount of experience imaginable. And, someone who has not earned the respect of the national media. It seems to me that this decision was a calculation and invitation for the media to say things that the Republicans can charge as being sexist, even if they are not.
If the Republicans are successful in turning this race into a conversation about anything but their own failures, they win votes.
And the media already is taking the bait.
Over at Shakesville they've started up the Sarah Palin Sexism Watch, and they have two examples already. While we may not support her positions on the issues, her physical appearance and the fact that she has a young child have no bearing on her ability to do the job of VP. However, her lack of experience does.
So I caution people to not say anything that could conceivable be deemed as a sexist remark. I think the Palin pick is a strategy to turn the conversation around and use the sexism card to its maximum extreme.
Move over POW card here comes sexism.