The whole piece is posted at Lew Rockwell.

As I said, I’ve never been a fan of Sarah Palin as vice-president. It was apparent to me from the beginning that she was unqualified. But the fault in picking her was not hers but McCain’s. It was an opportunistic and silly choice, given the economic challenges the country was facing, and in my opinion it called into question McCain’s own temperament. But that said, vilifying the woman at every turn is pointless, ugly, and calls into question the motivations of her critics.

To take the example of a non-white woman who I believe is as unqualified and as polarizing, would people talk about Maxine Waters in the same way? I think not. And I hope not.

Then let’s extend the same courtesy to all candidates, regardless of their political affiliation or religion or race or class.

(Note: I’ve criticized attacks on Hillary Clinton on the same grounds on this blog).