The interview with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC goes in-part:
MITCHELL: You are the first person from the McCain campaign I can ask, what did you think of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin?
FIORINA: Well, I think that she looked a bit like her. I think that, of course, the portrait was very dismissive of the substance of Sarah Palin, and so in that sense, they were defining Hillary Clinton as very substantive, and Sarah Palin as totally superficial. I think that continues the line of argument that is disrespectful in the extreme, and yes, I would say, sexist in the sense that just because Sarah Palin has different views than Hillary Clinton does not mean that she lacks substance. She has a lot of substance.
It's called a caricature.
Most people with even a half-functioning brainstem can tell satire from a blatantly sexist remark.
The Huffington Post has video and more.
But, let's get back to Fiorina's handling of what even Sarah Palin allegedly thought was quite humorous.
Here is a woman who is a representative of a party that has done far worse things to Hillary Clinton, and she is screaming "sexism"?!?!
It was obvious at points that the Obama camp came dangerously close to - and on a couple of occassions could have been accused of - stepping over that same line and crying "racism" when it clearly wasn't.
Granted, there have also been times that Obama has rightfully pointed out that he will be targeted because of his heritage, his name, and his personal history. That, in-and-of-itself, is NOT playing the so-called "race-card" but pointing out the obvious within certain segments of the American public.
But, in terms of what Fiorina is doing, this is a classic tactic of the Right: make issue where there isn't one.
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