Joel Connelly smacks down right on Pelosi comments

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"Sexism's alive and well on the right"

"Even after the 2006 election sent several retired military officers to Congress, only four U.S. senators and nine House members either have served in Iraq or sent close kinfolk into harm's way.

The best known is Sen. James Webb, D-Va., who has a son in Iraq. Webb was recently condemned by conservative pundit George Will for his brusque retort to President Bush's jocular "How's that boy of yours?" query at a post-election reception.

In Great Britain, in contrast to "the Colonies," Queen Elizabeth II has sent a husband-to-be, a son and presently a grandson into harm's way. Is Basra ready for Prince Harry?

A salient question -- Who gets to sacrifice? -- was on the mind of Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., recently as she questioned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before a Senate hearing."

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