Completely Tone Deaf, Yet He Hears "Shrill"

It is quite clear that even leading Democrats are completely tone deaf. That Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has sent out his lead man to denounce Gov. Sarah Palin's speech last night as "shrill and sarcastic" proves that the Democrats are in this to lose. Even if "shrill" is code word to his assumed base, Sen. Reid is apparently so politically deaf that he does not understand how deleterious it is to his cause that he has called a successful and competent woman shrill. In case he has no clue, which he must not, "shrill" is a code word to that other base, independent women (actually, nearly all women).

Besides, anyone who has not sold his soul to a party knows, really knows, the one adjective that cannot be justifiably used to describe Gov. Palin is the one word Sen. Reid chose. Shrill? Come on. She was anything but shrill. Even Barack Obama knows that, and he has sold his soul to his party. (Well, maybe not.)

When the LEADER of the United States Senate, that incredibly esteemed and proud institution, has to send his butler out to denounce a relatively soft-spoken woman for being "shrill," you know you are seeing weakness at its pathetic worst. Is this the best the Democrats can do? Is this allegedly insignificant governor from the hinterlands so great a threat that Senator Reid cannot present his own thoughtful rebuttal to this 'nobody from the north?'

Clearly Gov. Palin is not a nobody. And it seems that if he and his party are not careful, Sen. Reid will be, at least in the Senate, a minority nobody really quite soon.

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