My respect for the speaker of the house has reached an all-time low. I base many of my voting decisions on the honesty of the candidates,and if everyone voted like I did, they'd be screaming for a recall right now in California.

    I have used the phrase “put one in one's place” many times in my life, and the place I was referring to never had anything to do with the covering of ones feet, the contents of (or even existence of)ones womb, or the room in which one stands. It has everything to do with reminding someone of who has been getting too uppity of exactly who they are and who they aren't.

    Now, this started with what I see as a mischaracterization of General McChrystal's remarks by the Speaker. That's fine, or at least,that's politics as usual these days, for which the leader of the house of representatives bears some responsibility. But it's nothing unusual, and many people will disagree, mostly because they haven't read the General's speech. Ms. Pelosi has just found a convenient way to look anti-war while she passes the defense funding bill. That's all I think she was going for.

    But then the RNCC said something stupid. It wasn't sexist, but it was stupid. It was stupid because it is precisely the place of the highest ranking representative in the land, the member of the legislative branch closest to the Presidency, to call out what she sees as extremely inappropriate behavior by a leading general. Put her in her place? She was (sort of) doing her job.

    But then someone on the left decided that the Republicans were haters,and so could only mean the kitchen when they talked about putting someone in their place if that person was a woman. They then coupled this with a couple of real sexist things that Republicans have said recently, and called it proof that this was their intent. Now,either the left side of the press are stupid (sometimes I wonder, but no) or they are knowingly pushing a scandal that doesn't exist,hoping to make it into something real (Tell me, Senator, have you stopped beating your wife?)

    And now Pelosi, who of all people should just walk away, is actually helping fuel the “scandal”. That's why I call her a liar.