GOP Plays Gender Card Against Palin Foes.. Sexism

[RedEarth]

It turns out the gender card isn't just for liberal feminists -- Republicans can play it, too.

McCain surrogates and other prominent Republican commentators are now expressly selling Palin's candidacy on the basis of her gender, and going so far as to rebut critics by accusing them of sexism.

Some of these are fairly mundane, like Laura Bush saying she's always wanted to vote for a Republican woman. And some of them are just bizarre, like Congresswoman Michele Bachmann accusing James Carville -- a prominent former Hillary Clinton supporter -- of insulting women when he says that Palin isn't qualified.

Check out our roundup, after the jump.

From Nancy Pfotenhauer's column in today's Wall St. Journal, entitled "Ignore the Chauvinists. Palin Has Real Experience.":

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/gop_plays_gender_card_against.php

[d_b]

1. enter hillary and oprah

[IndependentDem]

2. yep, she will play the Sexism card and he will play the POW card....

and at the same time they will accuse Obama of using the race card.

[vanderBeth]

3. You forgot the the last line in the Wall St. Journal Article

Ms. Pfotenhauer is a senior policy adviser and national spokesperson for the McCain campaign.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. The POW-PTA ticket.