The right-wing is going to be all over this. It’s all innocent. Joe Biden acknowledged the obvious…that Sarah Palin is good-looking…better looking than he is. He engaged in a little self-deprecation and had a little chuckle about how he’s not what he used to be. But the danger is that he’ll come across as patronizing. He wasn’t being patronizing but it’s so easy to cross that line with a candidate that is so clearly unfit for the job. Biden cannot afford to talk down to Palin and treat her like the token candidate that she is. It will infuriate a lot of women.
Biden is famous for saying things that are a little off, or that cross the boundaries of propriety. That is really the only main concern I had about him as a potential running mate. Yes, I disagree with him on some foreign policy issues and I really did not appreciate his vote for the bankruptcy bill. But it was his proclivity for the gaffe that disqualified him in my book. I don’t see this as a big gaffe. It’s a small gaffe and it should not be repeated even once for the duration of the campaign. Sarah Palin is not any more qualified than Michael Brown or Harriet Miers. Her good looks are neither a plus or a minus and should not be a topic of discussion for Obama or Biden.
