Posted by Jed Lewison on Sun Oct 26, 2008 at 10:14 PM Pacific

Deliberately sexist?

I know I'm late in mentioning this, but it's just hilarious that Elizabeth Hasselbeck would allege that the uproar over the "Wasilla Hockey Mom's" $150,000 shopping spree was "deliberately sexist." I mean, has she ever even heard of John Edwards $400 haircut?

But the real story is that by brining up her clothes, Sarah Palin threw John McCain under the bus in spectacular fashion. I don't think there's a political professional in America who thinks that by talking about her clothes, she was doing it to help John McCain out. The last thing he wants to talk about is how the RNC paid $150,000 to dress up his vice presidential candidate.

But that's not Palin's concern. All that matters to her is preserving her viability for 2012. And in the end, her disloyalty just underscores the epic nature of John McCain's fail on the most important decision he's faced this entire campaign: selecting a running mate.

Update: Andrew Sullivan notes that McCain's people specifically said that they did not ask Palin to make her clothes remarks.

Deliberately sexist?

I know I'm late in mentioning this, but it's just hilarious that Elizabeth Hasselbeck would allege that the uproar over the "Wasilla Hockey Mom's" $150,000 shopping spree was "deliberately sexist." I mean, has she ever even heard of John Edwards $400 haircut?

But the real story is that by brining up her clothes, Sarah Palin threw John McCain under the bus in spectacular fashion. I don't think there's a political professional in America who thinks that by talking about her clothes, she was doing it to help John McCain out. The last thing he wants to talk about is how the RNC paid $150,000 to dress up his vice presidential candidate.

But that's not Palin's concern. All that matters to her is preserving her viability for 2012. And in the end, her disloyalty just underscores the epic nature of John McCain's fail on the most important decision he's faced this entire campaign: selecting a running mate.

Update: Andrew Sullivan notes that McCain's people specifically said that they did not ask Palin to make her clothes remarks.

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