Letters to the Editor
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AKA Smith
Well, judging the current candidates by how they stack up compared to Bush is setting the bar a might low don't you think? Any of the current candidates, except possibly Huckabee, would clear it with ease, but I expect a lot better of them or anyone else.
But as to your notion that the sexism some people on this thread perceive was unconscious, it frankly seems a bit odd. In the first place, this whole discussion (at least about the sexism issue) has been about a careful parsing of words, i.e. he used certain words like "periodically" and "feeling down" to commuunicate the message without seeming to. How can he be both unconscious of the import of his words and at the same time choose them so carefully? As I've said before, when your attempt to make sense of a person's words or actions gets that complicated, I suggest you find a simpler explanation - like this was not a sexist statement at all.
And what, assuming you're right which I very much doubt, is the practical effect of Obama's being an unconscious sexist? What does that even mean?