So she has a uterus. Big whoop.

I have never understood the leftist obsession with physical (e.g. racial or gender) characteristics as a reason for obtaining a job. The fact that Nancy Pelosi is a chick should not even be mentioned. It is a true insult that it is pointed out as if it is some kind of miracle that she was elected Speaker of the House.

What the heck difference does it make what genetic traits we possess when compared to merit? She worked hard. So have other Speakers to make it to that position. You've come a long way, baby? Not when it has to be mentioned breathlessly at every turn.

And by the way. Where were the breathless reports of a "first" when Condi Rice became the first black woman to become Secretary of State? (Read Coulter's excellent column: Desperate Congresswomen of Hysteria Lane) Or when Miguel Estrada would have been the first Hispanic on the DC Circuit Ct. of Appeals? The list is endless of firsts, but it would seem the the media only pants in excitement when it is a leftist "first."

When I went to an all girls' college prep school, there was never any mention of the newfound "girl power" philosophy. Our sense of self didn't come from our gender, but from our God given talents and brain power. I never thought for a moment that "I couldn't" because I was female (or vice versa)....only that I might not have the aptitude, or the patience, or I didn't enjoy it or whatever quality I might be lacking. I never thought I was more powerful or less so because I was a female. Not once. And being female has never hindered me, either.

The extraordinary teachings of the church of the liberal, which emphasizes racial and gender differences is instructing a generation of children to be hyper-conscious of these things rather than what really counts -- character, merit, integrity, effort, values and all of those qualities that are completely color and gender neutral. It breaks my heart that children are taught to rely upon qualities that should not make one bit of difference in success, hiring or achievement rather than the true substance of each human being.

Have you ever seen children playing? Different races and genders? They could care less about race or gender. They have to be taught to notice those things. What matters to kids is whether or not their friends are fun, play fair and like to do similar things. Emphasis on racial/gender differences are going to continue to widen the gulf.

I'm interested in what Pelosi is going to do when it comes time to wield the gavel or punch in her voting card, not the fact that she sits down during potty time. The fact that she is probably one of the most extreme leftists ever to take possession of the gavel has little or nothing to do with her gender, but her radical philosophy.

And as she awakens to the notion that not everyone everywhere in America would like to reflect San Francisco values...and as her agenda is rejected, rebuked or fails miserably with time and circumstance, my advice to the nation is to hang on....it is going to be a bumpy ride.