Apparently Senator Leahy didn’t take his anti-grumpy meds yesterday morning.
As Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was speaking in support of Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination, he chose to cut her off:

Politico reports:
It was a striking moment in the clubby Senate, where members typically show enormous deference to each other — particularly to senators of the same party, and even more so when on live national television.
Striking indeed. Yes, Sen Leahy and Sen Gillibrand are members of the same political party!

The New Agenda applauds President Obama’s nomination of the country’s second female Surgeon General.  Dr. Regina Benjamin is a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
President Obama said of Dr. Benjamin:
When people couldn’t pay, she didn’t charge them. When the clinic wasn’t making money, she didn’t take a salary for herself.
Here’s the acceptance speech given by Dr. Benjamin earlier today:
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Whenever I try to discuss our society’s sexist response to Palin, all I get are a bunch of excuses:  The attacks aren’t sexist, that’s just politics, she shouldn’t have done this, she shouldn’t have done that, I don’t feel sorry for her.
The responses are largely the same, sometimes very close to verbatim. Could their opinions possibly be influenced by the media? No. It is surely just a consistent coincidence. Of course, there are SOME attacks, including sexist ones, but most of what you read out there is very “thoughtful” and …

This  is our community here at The New Agenda.  We are in this battle together to make our country better for the next generation.
This is our place to share our thoughts, ideas, disappointment and suggestions.  Our blog is our place to shape the future together.  We encourage all our members and viewers to submit blog pieces and share what you are thinking.  Thanks to Benjamin, Karen and Monica for doing so this past weekend.
This is our time to have the back of the women of this country.  Today starts the …

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Many of us are still unclear as to why Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska.  I know that I am.  One thing that seems apparent to me is that Gov. Palin has not actively sought the spotlight since her resignation; if anything the media has sought her out, wanting answers to questions that many of us have.
Whether Gov. Palin resigned for personal family reasons, a desire to make sure her state had the best representative …

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Lynne Williams is the only woman from a third party running on a gubernatorial ticket. As the Green party’s candidate, her main platform is ecological friendliness and safety. She is currently the Green Party chairwoman.
Lynne Williams was born in Brooklyn, NY; her father was a businessman, and her mother was a homemaker. She received a B.A in psychology from Merrimack College, and a M.A in experimental psychology from Brooklyn College. However, …

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It’s time for my treatise on Sarah Palin.
It’s been in the pipes for a while. I’ve said what I’ve can. But too often, and too long, I’ve basically been laughed out. Like Palin herself, I can take the heat; what I couldn’t — and can’t — take is the energy and time to fight those so-called feminists that have their preconceived and bogus notions about Sarah. So this is my lashing out to attack those that I …

Hat tip to JP for sharing this photo which was the most emailed photo on Yahoo yesterday:

So guilty or not guilty?
Hat tip to Bella Donna for this video clip by ABC that seems to clear Obama:

You decide.

This piece is cross-posted from No Quarter with the permission of the author. The New Agenda thanks Larry Johnson for his astute analysis of the work of SOS Hillary Clinton when so few in the media seem interested in covering this story. Opinions expressed herein as those of the Larry Johnson and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
After Barack Obama’s team of White House amateurs overreacted to the expulsion of Honduran President Zelaya two weeks ago by lining up with Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Hillary …

The New Agenda, Inc. has agreed to join the National Women’s History Museum Coalition.
Here’s excerpts of a letter that is being sent to the Congress and Senate:
Dear Madam Speaker, Leaders Reid, McConnell and Boehner and Members of Congress:
As the leaders of the National Women’s History Museum Coalition, comprised of women’s and girls’ organizations representing over 8.5 million members, we urge you to support and pass the National Women’s History Museum Act of 2009 (HR 1700) and its Senate companion bill. The National Women’s History Museum Act is long overdue! Women …