National Review‘s Ramesh Ponnuru pushes back against the ludicrous talking points from Carly Fiorina and others that to question Sarah Palin’s experience is somehow per se sexist.
On the contrary, as conservative elected officials were willing to admit yesterday it’s very hard to imagine a man with such a short and unimpressive resume being picked. But John McCain had to pick a woman and more seasoned GOP women such as Kay Bailey Hutchison, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Jody Rell, and Condoleezza Rice all fail various conservative ideological litmus tests.
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