Double Standards

How is it that Sarah Palin can quip, "The only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is lipstick," and everyone laughs at how clever and candid she is, but when anyone else even hints at the fact that women wear lipstick, it is SEXIST! SEXIST! SEXIST!? Honestly, why didn't anyone accuse Palin of putting her gender before her policies? Why didn't they tell her that remarks like that demean women just as much as a snide remark from a male politician?

I'm NO FEMINIST. But even I used to hate Hillary for gaining her power through Bill (whom she should have left long ago, and definitely only stayed with for political reasons). But you know what? When she got that power, she became a well-respected, successful politician. In my mind, she's still not the ideal first female President, but she makes Sarah Palin look like a ditzy high school girl who fluttered her eyelashes to get enough votes for student council.

Really, the SNL skit says it all.

I've said since this time last year that Barack Obama as President would take life one step closer to living in a movie. A Sarah Palin Vice Presidency (and inevitable Presidency) would make it a nightmare.