It's not her womanhood that is of interest

Even as pundits do say that Nancy Pelosi's sex is a big deal -- the first woman Speaker of the House, third in line to Leader of the Free World -- we beg to differ, natch. Unless we hold women -- as some do minority folk -- to some lesser standard. Just as it would be, should Hillary ascend to LOTFW, it's not her womanhood that is of interest but the content of her character, not to mention her ideology and mind-boggling powerbase. Can anything be done about it? That is yet to be seen. Meanwhile, above left, the totally awesome MSNBC anchorwoman Chris Jansen stood for hours upon an aluminum box -- equipment case -- in the atrium of the Goodwin Hotel in Hartford last evening, awaiting her moment in the sun when a victorious Joseph Lieberman mounted the podium behind her as the glory shone all about him. An artist's representation of Joan of Arc c. 1485, right.

Hillary princeling Rahm Emanuel has larded the congress with moderate Democrats beholden to the former Goldwater Girl. He deserves all praise from those who worship power above all else for his Rovian accomplishment. A moment of silence, and then back into the fray. You've probably already heard that Donald Rumsfeld is toast. Someone we've never heard of -- Robert Gates -- will replace him at Defense. We'll probably have something to say about all that sometime soon after we get ourselves up to speed, but right now our heart is aching too much at the despicably politically expedient tossing overboard of this great American. Thanks, Mr. President, for alerting us [not]. While the thought of cut-and-run Democrats feeding the dreams of Osama & Company makes our blood run cold, we don't like being jerked around. May the Democrat victory take you and your fellow Republicans in the congress back down to your roots.

Meanwhile, how fun to have been amongst the happiest people in the world in the atrium of the Goodwin Hotel in Hartford yesterday, the hard-working acolytes of Joseph Lieberman, who followed their slogan, "Stick with Joe," through thick and thin when the "progressive" party from which he sprung ate their own and threw him to the wolves last summer. Lot more pics and anecdotes -- including our personal encounters with some of the best looking and most passionate members of the blogosphere -- to come. Also watch for our SECOND divine encounter with Lanny Davis at the Caffe Bella this morning and our ultimate crackpot theory about it all.

Comments

[Teresa]

I haven't looked into it, but I would love to think that Joe Lieberman won by the largest margin he's ever had in a race... that would be justice.

Sounds like you had a great time.

[Gayle Miller]

It wouldn't surprise me a bit if in fact Sec. Rumsfeld insisted on resigning as a final service to his President. That's the kind of guy he is and that's the kind of loyalty GWB inspires.

Whatever the causation, I am so going to miss Rummy - his lack of patience with idiots (a lot of congresspeople and most of the press corps) and his unbelievable courage. Can you see any Clinton appointee running BACK INTO the burning Pentagon to save some of his people?

[Pat R.]

Set against a background of impotence vs productivity, it is very much womanhood that is the essence of whether Hillary is competent to win an election for President.

Long cast as impotent, women are typically circumvented for such lofty positions exactly because of the perception that they would be impotent, or not nearly as productive in the war for survival of the world, much less the sexes.

Turning the White House position into the ultimate battleground over that premise seems to be the national environment necessary to dispel the notions that America still exists in an agricultural environment where strength, not brains, is the definitive asset.

It may be called the ultimate law of the jungle were it not for the fact that the heavy lifting done at the White House is done with an entourage of confidants, assistants, and "the best and brightest" that money can buy. It is surely not singular heavy lifting; hence, why not a woman? To suggest otherwise is a mockery of women, and of the purpose of living, as defined by the hierarchies we make to survive.

It takes little effort to discriminate nationally, or in groups, as it does to do so individually, and collective discrimination is no more entitled to its negative glow than individual discrimination - in an America that has integrity and social justice.

[Sissy Willis]

Two words, Pat R, to show you it just ain't so: Margaret Thatcher.