HT: NewsBusters
Mayb it’s the prospect of a Republican president and a Democrat Congress that has me hitting 1980s slang, but with respect to this Washington Post piece, gag me with a spoon:
The image of Rep. Nancy Pelosi standing in front of a formation of American flags Wednesday morning, taking questions as the presumptive new speaker of the House, was an arresting one and not simply because she is [sic] the first woman to be in that position. …
* snip noxious gushing *
She looked polished and tasteful in front of the cameras. It is tempting to even go so far as to say that she looked chic, which in the world beyond Washington would be considered a compliment, but in the context of politics is an observation fraught with insinuations of partisanship and condescension.
(The appearance of the current speaker, Rep. Dennis Hastert, will go unmentioned here except to say that there is nothing chic or particularly polished about it.)
