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" The reporter, Libby Copeland, seems to want McCain to come off as a bimbo. . . Similar logic has governed media portrayals of Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson. Half-baked assertions that these women are merely "acting" like sexified dimwits."
In otherwords, Charly here was critiquing the media's portrayal of McCain as a bimbo. And it is noteworthy that the Republican party, for which McCain is blogging, campaigns on anti-intellectualism and women-as-fluffy-bunnies-not-human-beings.
To Libertyson, I am a young woman, and a Hillary supporter, and I have never said something like Obama has an "overwhelming need to beat people over the head with his intelligence." Maybe it's immature women rather than young women who feel defensive upon reading this article.
