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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 09:50 AM
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The ultimate disgusting, clueless, sexist article about Pelosi
brought to you by the Washington Times and Wes Pruden:

It's estrogen, stupid, and plenty of it
January 5, 2007


The Democrats finally installed Nancy Pelosi as the speaker of the House yesterday, and the talk of Capitol Hill was not about what to do about the war in Iraq, the minimum wage, finding that oxymoron quaintly called "congressional ethics," or even the prospect of raising congressional pay. Yesterday was all about celebrating estrogen. More powerful than strontium-90, deadlier than polonium-210, estrogen is better for you than testosterone. That was the new speaker's message, and she got a lot of "amens," even if most were from the "womens."

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Mzz Pelosi insists that her new job makes her the most powerful woman in America, and maybe it does, but tiny fist or not she probably shouldn't say that if she runs into Cindy Sheehan on nanny patrol in the corridors of Congress. Cindy routed Democratic leaders on Wednesday, taking over a press conference called to set out the party's legislative agenda, and sending senior Democrats fleeing into an adjoining room where they barred the door. No one had seen the right honorable members of Congress in such panic since the congressional scuttle from First Manassas in 1861, or at least since Denny Hastert led his troops down the Capitol steps in flight from the great anthrax fright, knocking over furniture, aides and everyone in the path to a car, bus, train or plane bound for anywhere but here. Not even a speeding bullet moves faster than a congressman in full fright.


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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/pruden.htm
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 09:51 AM
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1. Look at the source.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 09:52 AM
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2. Yup. He's paid to be disgusting.
I'm sure he makes a good living at it.
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 09:53 AM
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3. The Moonie Times at their misogynist best
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 09:54 AM
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4. Well it is the Washington Times
I guess we can't expect too much from the good ole boys and their followers.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 09:54 AM
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5. I stopped counting the overtly sexist phrases after 12.
Everytime I get a chance to celebrate how far women have come, someone has to remind me how very, very far we have yet to go.

Siiiiigh...
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 09:54 AM
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6. What a JERK!!!
"Several Democratic women from the Senate wandered over to join the 71 women in the new House to join the standing ovations and to see what a lady speaker looks like. Even Bill Clinton, ever on the scout for traces of estrogen, was in town to wave from the gallery to Hillary."

I guess "estrogen" makes Pruden nervous!?!

(Reminds me of Tucker the other day shrieking, "What does it matter if she's a woman?" Do they really not get it, or are they pretending they don't get it?!?)

Jerks.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 10:19 AM
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8. I think many of them are truly threatened.
What we will see is lots of "humor" from the politicos and the media in order to disguise the fact that many just aren't comfortable at all with a woman holding that much power.

Sheesh, I've already read and witnessed far too many accounts of the tea party she attended--several BEFORE it ever occurred.

Brace yourself--we're in for a long, long haul.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 10:25 AM
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10. Imagine them saying such things about a black leader.
"Yesterday was all about celebrating melanin. More powerful than strontium-90, deadlier than polonium-210, black skin is better for you than white skin... Several black people from the Senate wandered over to join the 71 black people in the new House to join the standing ovations and to see what a black speaker looks like."

They wouldn't dare.

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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 10:04 AM
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7. Pruden should go back to playing with himself
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 10:21 AM
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9. The antidote for that poison can be found here:
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-05-07 10:27 AM
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11. Tiny Weenie Syndrome
He must have it...:shrug:
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