Boston Globe -- Joan Vennochi columns http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/joan_vennochi en-us 2009-11-28T09:50:05Z Boston.com http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif Sexism knows no political bounds http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=676b24f3c8e4423fac6c9677b6fb94c9 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/11/22/sexism_knows_no_political_bounds?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Joan+Vennochi+columns The conventional answer is that liberals hate her conservative, pro-life politics; have contempt for certain elements of her family history; and either don't like her Wal-Mart lifestyle, or believe she's faking it. 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