Former President Jimmy Carter has famously said that criticism of Barack Obama is racism. Does that mean that the African-Americans who criticized President Bush were racists too? If women criticize men in office is that sexism? Or vice versa?
People in, or running for, elective or appointive office are legitimate targets of criticism. Get over it. Otherwise the only people who can criticize an official are those of the same race and gender - patently ridiculous. If that were true, we'd have to elect only white females in order not to disenfranchise the largest single group.
