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It brings to mind the "I've been Ayn Randed" line from the Paul Simon song. Oh, boy.

As for Ms. Rice and her credentials, I don't doubt that she's about 400,000 times more qualified than one George W. Bush. She's certainly a good deal more poised and articulate than he is.

But I grow impatient with all those who take it upon themselves to declare which figures feminists should back. Given the Bush administration's actions (not merely rhetoric, but acions) on issues such as family planning, health care, Head Start, and the like, there are few reasons for a feminist to support the administration.

And the Andrea Yates discussion in the article? Please. Mrs. Yates was, like many other men and women who commit violent acts, clearly suffering from an extreme form of mental illness. The warning signs were there, and I think all of us, feminist or not, wish a successful intervention had taken place before the tragedy occurred. The fact that Pawlik uses the tragedy to bash feminists says more about her than feminists.