Women, hear us purr

Apparently, if Biden is tenacious, strong, condescending, essentially, if he beats Palin to a pulp tonight, metaphorically speaking, he will be viewed poorly. However, if he is gentle with her, and doesn't lead her to the waters of her own embarassment, then he will be viewed wonderfully.

Biden's Strategy: Go Easy on Palin

McCain Camp to Ifill, Go Easy on Palin

Who knew a female vice presidential candidate could push women back so many years?


Seriously, we have been fighting for EQUALITY since the inception of our country. Do you think Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Linda Chavez-Thompson, Jeanette Rankin or Shirley Chisholm asked to be handled with white gloves?

No, they came into the ring with their own set of boxing gloves and jabs and expected their counterparts to do the same. They were out to prove that women didn't have to exchange their boobs, skirts, heels or makeup to play in the big boy ring.

Mary Wollstonecraft, author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" said "Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority."

And it's the truth. Yes, we want a woman on a ticket. Yes, we want a woman in the White House. But not just any woman, and not only does she have to deserve to be in the ring, but she has to earn it too.

But who in today's political culture is driving this "treat Palin unequally" ideal? Women, that's who! Women were the first to question if Palin can handle both MOM and VPOTUS. Women, the same ones who would consider decking their own bosses if they were treated with such little disrespect, are the ones today who will view Biden poorly if he is "mean to the governor."

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.