Why Must Male Candidates Call Their Female Opponents Whores?

Sarah Palin-backed Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller, who's likely to pull off a surprising upset over incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary, thinks that Murkowski is a real whore. Oops! Here comes a deleted tweet...
Joe Miller has deleted this incredibly stupid tweet, most likely because it calls his female opponent a whore. It linked to a Daily Caller story about Murkowski possibly running as a Libertarian if/when she loses the close primary held three days ago, the results of which are still being counted.

Does Sarah Palin condone such language from her prized candidate?
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