The nastiest race and gender baiting is coming from those saviors of women and minorities, the Democrats.

I've previously commented on Obama's tendency to respond to criticism by throwing down the race card.  The Wall Street Journal commented:

"But for all of Mr. Obama's soaring rhetoric about the nation's need for a post-racial politics that "brings the American people together," his campaign at times has seemed overly sensitive about race. It also seems to want it both ways. Mr. Obama claims that his brand of politics transcends race, but at the same time he's using race as a shield to shut down important and legitimate arguments."

Now Hillary Clinton's camp has jumped in the mix with some gender baiting.  Geraldine Ferraro came out in the last week to say that she would have a tough time voting for Obama given his sexism:

The high profile example is this exchange:




Finally, I was traveling this week and had a chance to listen to left-wing radio commentator, Ed Schultz, who blamed racism for Hillary Clinton's wins in Kentucky and West Virginia.  Those extra chromosome carrying, knuckle draggers just don't get it according to Schultz.

I don't know about West Virginia Democrats, but when Colin Powell or Condoleezza Rice are discussed or even when Jeane Kirkpatrick's name was tossed around a few years ago, race and gender were not issues for Republicans.