The media is in total assault mode right now. They are delirious with the idea that they may have found ground to disrupt the excitement created by the Palin pick. Sexism, slime, tabloid journalism, nothing is below them when they think they smell blood in the water. We don’t have to just take it, though. Below is my response to an article by Time’s Joe Klein:

You should be ashamed Joe [Klein]. The coverage by you and your comrades isn’t sexist!? Please. How many male candidates have their paternal loyalty and priorities questioned when they run for high office? Anyone .. I’m sorry, I can’t hear past the sound of the crickets. No male candidate is EVER condemned as a poor parent because they choose to serve in public office. Even Joe Biden, who faced the most tragic loss of family early in his life and career, choose to continue public life – being sworn into office by his remaining son’s bedside in fact. We can look at that and rightly see a dedicated father AND public servant, but with Palin we have been subjected to outright commentary (by supposed journalists) suggesting that she is a neglectful parent. It is sleazy, wrong, and embarrassing. Honest investigations into her public policies, voting record, and experience are valid. Has she ever changed positions on an issue? Of course, but so have Obama, McCain, and Biden – all documented for our review. Is her experience level a fair topic? Absolutely, but as Obama made perfectly clear himself, his own executive experience is limited to running his presidential campaign. Palin didn’t just walk in off the ice rink. She is a sitting Governor – and she attained that office by taking on a corrupt infrastructure in her own party. No easy task. Personal family issues? You bet. The media seems aghast that her daughter became pregnant out of wedlock. I wasn’t aware that the New York / Washington press corps was so family value oriented. Obama himself is the product of an unplanned pregnancy. What’s the problem here? Other than the obvious double standard. Get a grip Joe. The left simply hates the possibility that the first woman on the Executive team just might be a Republican. Cover the story, but cover it fairly and leave your sexism at home!


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