i would just like to say that this has been an extremely great week for women in politics, and i am super proud of every one.

we've got, in no particular order:

a) the security moms ("if you don't vote bush to make my baby safer, i'll blow your head off with my glock")

b) annie jacobsen, championed by aforementioned security moms, who was so vigilant that she actually "was in danger of panicking other passengers and CREATING A LARGER PROBLEM ON THE PLANE," according to the federal air marshalls on the flight

c) cathy seipp, who makes this fantastic and really forward-thinking statement while guest-posting over at the volokh conspiracy:

Speaking of which, I have some Orthodox Jewish friends who don't like it when I wear my usual sleeveless/low-cut tops on TV -- sends the wrong message, they say, and I suppose they could be right. But ever since Sept. 11, I've become fonder of anything that offends the Islamofascists. "Step on a crack, break old Hitler's back," kids used to say during World War II. These days I sometimes think to myself: "Dress like a tart, break an Imam's heart."

d) and the uber-exclusive madison group on the hill ("i couldn't get my MRS at college so i had to join a third-rate grown up sorority to feel attractive")

good job, girls! i sure am proud to be a woman today.

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excuse me. hangovers make me bitchy.