Me too, also...

Heather, on the Gentlelady from Spokane...

I find it sad and disheartening to listen to the likes of McMorris Rodgers make excuses for her party being on the wrong side of bigotry, sexism, hatred and allowing for violence to escape prosecution if you believe the person the act was committed against is a second class citizen.

Me too. Sad and disheartening, but not the least bit surprising.

Which is sort of sad and disheartening, too.

From the "Since you asked" file.

Jed Lewison is curious...

Hasn't Herman Cain already hurt enough women?

Since you asked, Jed, though his appetite for abuse seems boundless, yes, he's hurt enough women.

Too many.

Plenty of men, too.

From the "There oughta be a law" file.

Will's Possible Partner Postulate…

"A rule is when there are four women, there may be 24."

That's it, close 'em down.

I heartily join the chorus decrying the RNC's misogynistic substitution of Nancy Pelosi's surname for a vulgarity for female genitalia. It's unconscionable and un-American.

This, though? This is downright anti-American...

The RNC video, which begins with the speaker’s head in the iconic spy-series gun sight...

The Republican National Committee has created an ad which depicts the Speaker Of The House Of The United States Of America, the third highest Constitutional officer in the nation, second in the line of Presidential succession, in the sights of a gun.

This isn't the work of a random blogger with a perverse imagination and a pirated copy of Photoshop, or the work of (theoretically) some extremist hate-monger. This is the work of the Republican National Committee.

Iconic or not, depicting the Speaker's - any Speaker's, any party, any time - immanent assasination is downright treasonous.

When the RNC staff shows up Tuesday morning, they should find Secret Service padlocks on the door with paddy wagons lined up for the perps. The line of legitimacy as an American political party has faded from the RNC's rear-view mirror.

Hillary in an nutshell…

…according to Aravosis.

Math is misogynist.

Seems to be the latest line, alright.

Nope.

Matt Yglesias…

I wouldn't be surprised if this inane "Clinton crying" pseudo-story winds up redounding to her benefit; it's a stark reminder of how much sexist BS there is out there which, in turn, gets people back to thinking about how the first woman president in American history would be a pretty damn transformative event all on its own terms.

Me neither.

Early reports of Edwards' comments on the episode are, I agree, disappointing on the surface, but I think it's largely the clumsiness of impromptu comments on breaking developments (something no pol should ever be caught doing, and all of them do. One reason I'm not in the consulting biz anymore, in fact. Bar customers are easier to manage), providing grounds unseemly - and unintended - inferences. The passage of time may provide more light.

But the notion that this is news is, indeed, sexist BS.