My name is Harriet Christian.

My name is Harriet Christian. Before the RBC Committee meeting on Saturday, May 31st, I would never have imagined writing a blog, being interviewed on Cable News or meeting with Senator John McCain – but here I am.

Anyone reading this blog is familiar with my now-legendary YouTube video (here and here) where I exploded at the DNC and vowed to support Senator McCain – so I’ll spare you the rehashing of my story.

My vow has not changed and my beliefs have not waivered. Although the YouTube incident was somewhat unpleasant, I feel lucky to have the opportunity and platform to continue to speak up about the disingenuousness and overall political mischief perpetrated by the Democratic Party, most especially the misogynistic tactics that they exploited and employed this campaign season.

One of the most reprehensible characters in this fiasco has and continues to be Nancy Pelosi.

To get started – I would like to discuss the comments made yesterday by Nancy Pelosi on the topic of sexism and misogyny. Speaker Pelosi said she wanted to know more facts before she made a final pronouncement about sexism and the Clinton candidacy. “I myself find that I get a tremendous upside from being a woman and I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about the sexist remarks that people make.” What an amazingly pompous, completely disconnected statement. I guess we can be thankful that she didn’t finish it off with “let them eat cake!”

Maybe in Nancy Pelosi’s rarefied life of wealth and power that were either inherited by her politically influential family or her husband – she doesn’t understand what sexism is. If Nancy feels there’s an upside to being a woman maybe that’s why she doesn’t want more women in powerful positions because that would diminish hers. Nancy Pelosi likes being a part of the old boys club instead of working to get rid of the old boys clubs so all Americans can have equal access to better positions.

Coupled with her ignorance or, rather, refusal to see the truth (subjective ignorance I guess), Ms. Pelosi also abused her power in the nomination process by favoring Mr. Obama. Admitting there was sexism would only prove that Ms. Pelosi was part of the process to nominate the weaker candidate. I’ve lived through the more inexperienced man getting the better jobs over and over again, however, the promotions were usually given by men – I find it more offensive when women participate in this behavior against other women.

Do we really need to rerun through the castration remarks, cackling, claws out comments or painful deconstruction of an honest, choked up moment to get a validation of the rampant sexism? Or will the new Democratic Party just start marketing a Nancy Pelosi stripper pole to compliment her upside of sexism viewpoint now that the Hillary Clinton Nutcracker has served its purpose?

I’ve read some articles over the past couple of days saying that PUMA voters and women in general – will fall in line and vote for Senator Obama in November. These articles use examples from previous elections to prove that party loyalists will vote with the party after the anger from a long primary fades.

I work as a waitress and most of my customers (women and men alike) feel the sexism was so obvious that they will either not vote or they will vote for McCain. I don’t think the political pundits who predict voters coming back to the Democratic Party realize the severity of this problem.

I would like to thank No Quarter for asking me to submit a post – this was a challenge but I’m sure it will be easier next time.