Flip flopping on issues is something we often see and have come to expect when it comes to elections. For the most part, we are used to flip flopping coming from candidates, not the media or key party officials. However, on a recent episode or the Daily Show, John Stewart pointed out some the Republican Party big wigs being very hypocritical concerning McCain’s recent VP pick. Honestly, I haven’t come to an exact conclusion as far as what I feel about the recent pick. It is a big step for women in politics but is Sarah Palin really qualified? Let’s see how the Republicans contradict themselves on this issue.

When Karl Rove was asked about possible Democratic VP candidate Tim Cane, Rove made it clear that he did not thing Cane was experienced enough. He talked about how he was governor of the 105th largest city in Virginia and that he didn’t possess many abilities. Conversely, when talking about Palin, he stated that Palin was a populist and reformer and was the mayor of second largest city in Alaska before being governor. Obviously in Rove’s mind, being the mayor of a city with a population of only 9,000 people qualifies one to have more experience than a city of 200,000+ people.

The pregnancy of Palin’s 17 year old daughter has continued to be a big issue pretty much ever since she was announced to be the VP pick of the Republican Party. Bill O’ Reilly, once a Republican who now registers as an Independent, spoke against the media’s attention of Palin’s private family matters. He says that as long as society does not have to support pregnant teenagers or their parents it shouldn’t matter. He also stated, “We hope things calm down for the sake of the family.” Was this the same Bill O’Reilly who gave no privacy to teen star Jamie Lynn Spears. In fact O’Reilly blamed the Spears’ family for the pregnancy and went so far as to quote Jamie Lynn Spears’ sister Britney.

Sexism and women in politics has been a huge issue in the 2008 election. So what do the media’s conservative have to say about this? Sean Hannity believes there have been more questions about Palin’s pregnant daughter than the fact that Obma’s campaign has only been run for nine months. I really don’t see the relevance in that one. However, Hannity goes on to say that if Palin was a man that this would not be happening to her. Dick Morris didn’t particular talk about Palin but had much to say about Hilary Clinton. He argues Clinton shouldn’t complain about gender by saying, “When she gets under fire, she retreats under the apron strings.” How much more sexist could you be?

One of John McCains’s senior advisors, Nancy Pfotenhuer, has had much to say about Hilary. She says Clinton shouldn’t play the gender card and that it isn’t what the press wants. I somewhat agree with Pfotenhuer in this aspect. However, when speaking about Palin, she believes that comments about Palin are disrespectful to Palin as a woman and that the media shouldn’t belittle her accomplishments. One, I want to ask Pfotnhuer what accomplishments she is talking about? Number two, can the conservative media please come to a consensus on their feelings?