Is "poised" the female equivalent back-handed compliment that "articulate" is for blacks?

The Yeoman Farmer checks in with his political junkie comments here, check them out.

Last night's performance was quite simply one of the best, and most effective, political speeches I've ever seen.

He lists a number of good talking points about Palin's speech last night, but one that stuck out for me was this:

10) I'm getting tired of hearing the word "poised" to describe her delivery. She did indeed exhibit great poise. But I started to wonder...is "poised" the female equivalent back-handed compliment that "articulate" is for blacks? ... Still...has anyone heard "poised" used to describe a man's performance?

Bottom line: we are tremendously excited now on the Republican side. For many of us, who were supporting McCain reluctantly or to block the alternative, we are now juiced about supporting this ticket --- and helping Sarah Palin move ahead on the national stage.