The Next Think You Know, They're Going to be Voting

After successfully gaining a majority in both the U.S. House and Senate in the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic Party was mired in controversy when the newly elected speaker of the house, Rep. Pelosi (D-CA), was caught on camera wearing what appeared to be a skirt, ladies top, necklace, and pair of high heels.

Photographs and video showing the speaker traipsing around the House floor in the garish attire were leaked to C-SPAN moments after the 110th Congress took office on Jan. 3. Since that time, Pelosi's unconventional clothing choice has been universally decried by Washington insiders as “a tragic blot on the long and honorable history of U.S. speakers.” …

“What kind of a message does this send to our children?” Minneapolis mother of four Carol Hardwick asked. “That it's ‘okay’ for our top leaders to have long hair and paint their fingernails and speak in a high falsetto voice? This is America, for heaven's sake.” …

“It's disgusting,” said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was wearing a three-piece suit and flats at the time.

I hear Skirted Americans are doing all sorts of shameful things nowadays. They drive and hold jobs, and some of them even smoke, for god's sake. Frankly, if this is progress, you can keep it.