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McCain's Palin pick is the epitome of tokenism

Suddenly all anyone needs to qualify as a potential commander in chief is to be a religious ideologue with female gender characteristics?
By Joe Conason

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  • Saturday, August 30, 2008 08:37 AM

    @eclipse

    Um, Doesn't Biden's church do the same? The Catholics have actually taken to excommunicating women lately who have the temerity to call themselves priests.

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