Is it really ist to scrutinize Governor Palin?

Do you want an honest answer or do you just want someone to agree with you? In case you want truth, the fact of the matter is whether it's ist or not depends on how they go about it. Asking whether or not she can manage her family and be VP is ist because no one ever asks that of a man. Dragging her kids into it in an effort to make her look like a bad mother is ist because no one does that to men either. Scrutinizing her record is fine but suggesting that McCain only picked her because she's attractive is ist. Suggesting that because her daughter is pregnant, then Palin can't be VP is also ist because you wouldn't find that criticism directed at a man. However, just saying she is inexperienced is perhaps naive considering who Dems picked for President but it is not sexist. Bringing up her husbands trangressions from 20 years ago is stupid but not sexist. And bringing up concerns about her ethics investigation is legitimate and not sexist.