It's both amusing and sad to read and listen to the commentary about the upcoming Palin-Biden debate.
Conventional wisdom seems to be that Biden must be careful, not seem like he's miles ahead of Palin, be somewhat deferential without being condescending.
This is so ridiculous. How exactly is he supposed to treat her? Like a child, like a frail woman, like the ignoramus that she is? No matter what he does she will look like unqualified, and the press is so in the tank for McCain that they are trying to set this up to be his fault.
Are the pundits really saying that if he treats her like he would treat anyone else in a debate, like an equal, that he will be doing something wrong?
The Republicans have been playing a very cynical and dangerous game with their no-nothing vice presidential candidate. They have been crying "sexist" if anyone is a little rough with her, and then acting sexist themselves in shielding her from the press because the press isn't "deferential." They want us to believe she is qualified to be vice president, but they don't want anyone to treat her the way a vice presidential candidate would be treated. Does no one else see the glaring contradiction here?
Can we please stop this crazy-ass charade? The woman is unqualified! Nothing else matters - especially not Biden's behavior in the debate. And it has nothing to do with her being a woman. It has to do with her being completely ignorant of all the things a vice presidential candidate ought to be familiar with. How is that Joe Biden's problem?
Were she a man, hiding from the press, demanding deferential treatment, giving stupid answers to questions from voters and the press, she would have been laughed off the stage long before now.
