What? No mainstream media covering this? Shocking!

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Especially cheap when one could easily make the argument that, if not the only reason, the main reason she was even picked to run as Vice President was that she was a woman.

I agree the they wanted a minority on the ticket. There were better choices, but I believe rather than specifically seeking a woman, the McCain camp didn't want to have two old white guys as their ticket. Too bad Condi Rice got involved with Bush, because she would have been the perfect foil to the Obama/Biden ticket. Her problem was she was tainted with Bush.

Her very nomination appears as a statement that women are so stupid they will just vote for the one that has breasts.

I'll side with Pete on this one. I don't believe they are this jaded. Usually, the VP is picked from a state with a large number of electoral votes (NY, Texas, Florida, or California). Palin was an unknown, very popular in her state, but didn't bring any regional electoral strength. They would have been better off finding any other minority from the east coast, with 1) national government experience, 2) distanced from Bush, 3) an Ivy league education. This was the big mistake in the McCain campaign. They should have damned the Republicans, and done whatever it took to get Hillary on the ticket. Then watched Fox squirm.