I wish Obama had just said, "If Palin is offended, then all she has to do is personally, publicly request an apology and I'll give her one.  Now, about that Iraq thing and the 4,000 plus killed for no good reason . . . . "

No, Obama doesn't get the benefit of the doubt on this quote. He already used up his freebies when he was running against Hillary.

While running against Hillary, he said at one point she was "taking out the claws", a rather subtle reference to the stereotype of women are who catty. So ok, give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Later, he said she was throwing the china at him. Another not-so-subtle reference to the sterotype of women who are histrionic and somewhat, shall we say emotional. But lets give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Alas, but then he says that Hillary is being too emotional.

How many different ways can this guy say "get back in the kitchen there, lil woman" before he is finally called the sexist pig that he is? When is he going to stop crying long enough to realize he creates all of these "distractions" himself? And when is he finally going to remember that he is running against John McCain, not Sarah Palin? From the way Obama talks, you'd think she was on the top of the ticket.