I’m female and this has nothing to do with sexism, but the SNL skit was appropriate. Sarah Palin went to 5 schools in 6 years to finally get a BA in journalism. Her interview with Charlie Gibsons showed us all that there is no substance there.

She ran a town of 5000 (according the census when she was mayor) and yet she hired an administrator to handle that job. She was known for her abuse of power while a mayor, just as she is being accused of abusing power while governor.

She’s refusing to talk to the investigators; she used private email accounts (sounds very much like Karl Rove), she billed the state to spend the night in her own home, engaged in rampant cronyism (fired professionals to replace with unqualified high school friends (sounds like Bush).

Palin represents the corruption I’m tired of seeing in politics. Even her colleagues seem to be questioning her abilities.

Why aren’t we speaking out against this travesty?

Your article disappointed me on two levels.
First — It implies any woman who subscribes to feminist beliefs is doomed to end up a bitter, lonely, old single woman.

Second — It implies Obama fails to respect Palin because he’s chosen not to ‘go after her’.

Much of your “Rhetoric to the Right” is inflammatory, and I suspect is stated only to fuel the masses, as opposed to making a logical and honest point.

Women in America are FINALLY free to make any choice they want, and NO ONE can deny that freedom comes on the back of America’s earliest feminists, so instead of demonizing the group, why wouldn’t you give them the credit they’re due – and thank the feminists for their sacrifices, that has made your world as FREE as what it has become today?

Successful woman are NOT required to chose one path or another, the two are NOT mutually exclusive.

And criticizing Obama because he’s not “taking on” Sarah Palin is ridiculous. He is not running against Palin, he’s running against McCain, and you … AND ALL OF YOUR READERS KNOW if Obama went after Palin, he’d immediately alienate millions of women in America, who’d find that attack distasteful, unfair and inappropriate.

Biden will certainly engage with Palin, so her position as an equal player will surely be upheld. And since we haven’t seen McCain going after Biden, why should Obama go after Palin???

I truly wish articles like yours could focus on our similarities, instead of our differences, and bring us together, instead of further polarizing the left from the right.

I’m not so sure about the Dems. I haven’t seen much of the Bidens, but I don’t get the sense that Barack likes women or that Michelle likes men. Maybe they don’t like anyone.

Obama sure seemed lonely up there on that great big stage in front of 75,000 strangers. I loved the way after McCain’s speech he was on the floor, surrounded by friends and supporters.

But watch out because the next attack is going to be that Sarah had an affair. Sullivan is already pushing it.

Don’t forget that Obama won (only) twice in Illinois because in both elections his opponents (Ryan was one, I can’t remember the name of the other) had to drop out of their races after scandals about their divorces were leaked (by Axelrod? some say so) to the Chicago papers.

I’m just saying to be prepared.