Another campaign ad Obama SHOULD have run:

[Images of Palin] If her name was Bob, nobody would even be talking about her. Bob Palin would never have been selected as a running mate--Bob Palin would have been laughed out of the room. Palin's gender, therefore, is the central reason for her selection. And the McCain campaign asserts, at every opportunity, that her gender is an issue that is off-limits. It is, in the end, the only thing about Palin that in any way explains McCain's bizarre choice.

[Image of McCain] McCAIN: THE ORIGINAL MAVERICK
Show was cancelled 40 years ago