Donny Deutsch's "seminal moment"

Probably because that was both. When it comes to equality, the women's movement has gone backwards in leaps and bounds this year.

I mean a girl could get behind wearing a nice frock, if Don Draper were the ad man evaluating her assets.

But Donny Deutsch.

Donny Deutsch?

[*snort*]

He must be kidding.

The sad part about this is that the GOP just might advise her to wear higher skirts, to show what a heck-of-a-gal she is....

has also been talking about sexism in our culture and how Democrats seemed determined to lose this election by refusing to reign it in. You should read all of his pieces, but here's a bit of the latest (links omitted):

That brings us to Sarah Palin. Again, I can't stand the woman's politics. But the spectacle that is unfolding is simply extraordinary. Not just heads are exploding, but entire solar systems. And this time, the explosions are on the liberal side. This reaction to Sarah Palin, especially when connected to the reaction to Hillary Clinton, should make one point indisputable: the deeply embedded cultural loathing of women affects virtually everyone. Political labels are no protection against hatred of this kind, hatred that imbues every aspect of our lives. With regard to issues of sexuality, I often feel I can only make the point in one way. Forgive the crudeness, but when it comes to questions of masculinity, femininity and sexuality in general, we are completely, perhaps irretrievably, fundamentally, comprehensively fucked up. There is barely a sane word to be heard from any quarter. We are a godawful, calamitous, catastrophic mess.

[Snip]

Democrats and Obama supporters in general better wise up fast. I could make "Gunning to Lose" into a series of indeterminately great length at this rate. People are going to be voting against not just Olbermann, but against Kamiya and a host of others. But always remember: Women are evil. The hatred and the deeply unhinged quality of the attacks on Palin, as on Clinton, all proceed from that.

So many people, so completely undone by the presence of women in politics, especially at the national level. It's quite the spectacle. I'm out of words for the moment, so I'll end here.

What makes this so devastating to Democrats is that they absolutely need Obama to win women by a good-sized margin with a large turnout. Trotting out their inner misogynists is a terrible way to do that, not that any of them seem capable of helping themselves. It also tends to alienate a smaller, but important part of the Democratic base and that's gay voters since so much homophobia is so tied to sexism and gender roles. As I've said, it's not so much that liberal women will flock to McCain as it is that enough independent and moderate women will be disgusted enough by Democrats to vote McCain and liberal women will be too depressed to bother to vote.

I watched a few seconds, and then had to stop. I have decided to ignore the Presidential, may not be the most responsible thing to do, but best for my mental health.

...if Donny would do this same segment if he were talking about a male politician?

Really, this thing is getting more depressing by the day.