McCain to Democrats:

"I see your pantsuits and raise you one corsage."


John McCain just announced Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his VP pick, to the surprise of many. (WP) He is sure gunning for Hillary Clinton supporters and I imagine this choice fits into that plan.

Palin is young (44), anti-corruption, firmly anti-abortion, has posed for Vogue, and differs with her new running mate on the subject of drilling in the Arctic Refuge.

She also really likes to wear giant flowers on her lapel, a la Carrie Bradshaw in 1999. I thought the pic above, from her gubernatorial inauguration, was an anomaly, until I ran across this one too.

If you happen to have any other documentation of Governor Palin's floral fashion statements, send them my way. It is certainly a distinctive calling card.

This is what I love about the Left

Comment posted on Grist regarding the naked Alicia Silverstone PETA ad:

"Combatting Speciesism Using Sexism?

As a woman and a vegan, I am continually amazed and offended that PETA uses sexism to combat speciesism. Though exploiting women to underscore the exploitation of nonhuman animals may be richly ironic, its net effect is to set women back and disrespect us."

Taking bets on women in power

Let's take a moment to crow over a victory won for the cause of women's leadership last night: Nancy Pelosi is likely to become the first female speaker of the House. There was also a net gain in women in the Senate, thanks to Claire McCaskill's win in Missouri (as of January there will be 15)*.

Next question. Which will now come first, a woman president or a woman Senate majority leader? My prediction is president will be first. But I put this out more as a challenge to current and aspiring female senators.

*CORRECTION: How could I forget Klobuchar? Sorry, Minnesota! That brings the Senate female total to 16 for the 110th Congress.

Chastity is not the name of an antiviral drug.

The hard core of the abstinence-only movement just keeps getting more and more dangerous to women's health. They've gone beyond opposing important steps to prevent the spread of HIV and other STDs both in the US and abroad, and are now opposing steps to prevent cervical cancer in young women. (NYT) Because to give young women a new cervical cancer vaccine would be to concede that, at some point in their lives, they might possibly have sex.