adicted to politics and palin brewhaha

Im always interested in the political back and forth and election coverage, but I do not sit down in front of the tv and watch pundit boxing back and forth coverage (except for the clips john stewart makes fun of), at least not until Sarah Palin. The crazy stories flying moments after we first heard her name, the shock that McCain would pick a running mate whose drama would take the campaign so far off message...so intriguing, so addicting, I had to turn on the tv. I found James Carville and Michelle Bachman yelling at each other. I couldnt turn it off. She says he's sexist for questioning her experience. I think, ridiculous! What a terrible horrible abuse of sexism and what a cheap lousy trick to pull on Americans. Grrr uurr rarr. But then I watched and listened some more and goddamnit the sexism started to fly, for real. To be fair, not from Carville (that I saw) and more importantly, not from Obama. But from women who started to question if she could possibly do anything but be a mother. Hello. This doesnt even need a reply. But even beyond these anachronistic few (im optimistic that there are not too many), sexism is present. Cafferty thought he was only knocking her inexperience, but he said, and I paraphrase, "That pretty little woman lady cannot stand up to big powerful strong men like Putin, who just killed a goddamn lion for christsake - these are not the kind of people you deal with in the PTA!" Is that what the debate would sound like if McCain picked a new novice male governor from Alaska? In that case we would likely debate his experience, but not with the same fervor and shock and dismay. So this is my appeal to Obama, who has generally stayed above the fray I think so far: keep it about policy. We do not want Sarah Palin because of her stand on policy - not because she is new to politics, not because she is a woman, but because she is on the wrong side of policy. period. I watched her speech. She was pretty good. She and Guliani terrified me. Yikes. So mean. Reminded me, who has been thinking this campaign should be a slam dunk for Democrats after the past 8 years of Republican disaster, that this is a real fight and Palin - a "hail mary" may she be - might just make it even harder. So we have work to do. Here are some hilarious buttons to show your support for the O.