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This is off the whole "McCain is a racist ignoramus" theme going on...
I remember 5-6 years ago thinking about gender and politics and thinking that the first serious female political candidate would be hammered by innuendos that she wasn't tough enough to be commander-in-chief or lacked the kind of real experience that a President needs, since for so long those were the perceived weaknesses of most women in power.
I find this highly amusing with Clinton's recent attacks on Obama. Instead of what I assumed (that gender stereotypes would come to a full head with the first female presidential candidate), it is the female candidate accusing the other that he lacks the capacity to be tough as a commander in chief and lacks experience. I'm left wondering if this is really because Clinton has such a tough image that the normal gender stereotypes don't work on her, or is it racism trumping sexism?
Eh... just a random thought.
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