Calling SNL skit "sexist" is illogical

On September 13, Saturday Night Live opened with a hilarious parody of Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. You can watch it here:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20225679,00.html

Now the McCain camp is calling Fey's portrayal of Palin "sexist." That article is available here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26743182/

Here is a quote:
“The portrait was very dismissive of the substance of Sarah Palin, and so in that sense, they were defining Hillary Clinton as very substantive, and Sarah Palin as totally superficial,” McCain advisor Carly Fiorina told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Monday. “I think that continues the line of argument that is disrespectful in the extreme, and yes I would say sexist.”

Let's break this down and look at it logically.

Sexism is defined to be:

1. Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women.
2. Attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles based on gender.

First of all, SNL has thrived on political parody since it began. Most of the people being parodied were men, of course, since most of the politicians were men. Now it happens that these two women are out there in the political arena (Palin being more of a hot commodity than Clinton at this time -- no pun intended). So they are simply joining the ranks of others before them: Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford. They will take on anybody regardless of gender, race, and political party -- all are up for skewering. So the McCain advisor's argument fails the definition of sexism.

Second, please hone in on this statement by the advisor: "...they were defining Hillary Clinton as very substantive, and Sarah Palin as totally superficial." Well, unless Hillary Clinton is a man, it is not logical to call this comparison sexist.

What is the goal of such misdirection? Well, I imagine that the McCain camp wants people to read the headline, not delve further, feel bad that Palin is being treated unfairly, and vote for McCain/Palin in a knee jerk reaction. It's important to see political spin for what it is.