I may be the oddball on FR, but I don’t think B.O. intended the comment to be against Palin. I am enjoying this immensely, though. There are millions of women who were grossly insulted by this comment. Just ask any husband how easy it’s going to be easy to “unhurt” their feelings.
That may in fact be true. However, even if it was meant in jest, it's open to public scrutiny, and as the aftermath shows, the Obama team, and Obama himself, appears less than stellar in the game of politics.