In a delicious turn of schadenfreude, last night I watched as Republicans cried sexism over the treatment of Sarah Palin. After watching these same people slice and dice Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama, I was howling with laughter when The Daily Show presented clips of Palin’s supporters saying a man wouldn’t be treated to such questioning juxtaposed with clips of those same people accusing Hillary Clinton of “playing the gender card.”

It’s a tricky spot to be the perpetrator and the victim of sexism.

During her time as governor of Alaska, Palin used line-item veto to slash funding to group homes for pregnant teens. It’s nice that her daughter is allowed to stay in her home; many other girls aren’t so fortunate and Palin turned them out on the street. But as she often reminds us, she’s a caring mother — at least to her own kids. Nevermind that she’s against the Fair Pay Act.

Then there was Palin’s sarcasm about Obama’s community service. A well-educated person eschewing a high-paying job to work in an underpriveleged community is my idea of serving one’s country well. Her idea of community service seems to be joining the PTA and trying to ban books.

She’s said in the past that she hasn’t paid much attention to the Iraq war. I’m sure McCain will fill her in but I’m concerned. After eight years of the Bush administration’s insistence on incompetence, it’s clear that people who lack interest can’t truly lead. Heck of a job, Brownie.

I’ll leave you with a snip from the editorial page of this morning’s L.A. Times: “This isn’t the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere.”