"Oooooh! Wow! Look at that Gown!"

"Shut up," The Duck says.

Plotnik thinks: During the presidential campaign, first Hillary supporters and then Palin supporters screamed bloody murder about sexism, and in particular how it seemed to them that everyone on television was talking about Ms. Clinton or Ms. Palin's clothing, but never seemed to care about the candidates' accomplishments. Hillary was Senator from New York. Palin was Governor of Alaska (and still is). You'd never have known it.

Plotnik listened to these complaints, and had to agree.

So tonight, when he saw the accomplished Barack and Michele Obama parading over every television channel -- they were dancing, they were walking, they were photographed together and apart -- he realized all the women on the tube were talking about nothing but Michele's gowns.

"Ooooh, that white gown is by a 26 year old."
"Ooooh, did you see the blue one?"
"Ooooh, where did she ever get that coat?"
"Ooooh, she is so tall!"
"Ooooh, Jill Biden is so short!" (She's got a doctorate, by the way.)
"Ooooh, what is Sasha wearing?"

Plotnik felt duty bound to point out this discrepancy to Ducknik, a career woman herself, who had also been transfixed all day about what Ms. Obama was wearing.

"Why does anyone give a s___ about what she's wearing?" Plot said. He expected Duck to applaud him for his understanding that women on television get treated unfa...

"Oh, shut up," said Ducknik, right along with Soledad O'Brien on CNN. "Do you see that gorgeous white gown? She is really stunning. I wonder who the designer is? Oh, he's only 26 years old? Oooh. Wow."