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Biden echoes GOP, calls Palin coverage ‘outrageous’ |
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By Andy Barr
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Posted: 09/04/08 01:55 PM [ET] |
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden repeated a Republican line of attack Thursday, slamming reporters for their “outrageous” and “sexist” treatment of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R).
“I just think some of the stuff said has been over the top, totally unfair, and has been sexist and I think the way the governor has handled it has been admirable,” the Delaware senator said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “I think this stuff about how can she be a governor and vice president and raise three kids, c'mon, whoever those folks are don't know any strong women.
“The truth is, some of the stuff that the press has said about Sarah and that others have said about the governor, I think, are outrageous. Look, I think kids are off-limits, flat off-limits.”
His remarks mirror a point former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) frequently recited Wednesday.
On MSNBC, Giuliani said that Palin “is being asked questions like, 'Can you as a mother be vice president?' Who ever asked a man those questions?”
Palin’s family has been the center of a media storm since it was announced that her 17-year-old daughter Bristol is five months pregnant.
The Alaska governor will grace the cover of celebrity gossip magazines Us Weekly, People and OK! this week. She is also the focus of articles such as one in the “Momania” section of Wednesday’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution titled “Can mothers balance high-powered jobs and kids?”
But while many media outlets have put Palin’s family in focus, so too has the Alaska governor.
During her speech accepting the vice presidential nomination, Palin put her family and role as mother in the spotlight, pointing out early that she is a “mother of one of those troops” in Iraq and highlighting her time as an “average hockey mom.”
Biden said he was “impressed” by Palin’s speech, adding “I thought she had a great night.”
But while Biden was critical of the media’s coverage of Palin, he too has taken heat for his choice of words to describe the Alaska governor, most notably for joking that one of the differences between him and his GOP rival is that “she’s good-looking.”
Biden did not address the incident during the interview, but felt compelled to say, “No one has to wonder about there being a sexist bone in my body.” |
