Bruce: "[W]omen in politics tend to look rather androgynous... I mean, you know, Barbara Mikulski or Helen Thomas"

For my money, this is one of Fox's most embarrassing moments: http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh121603.shtml Check out all four parts.

Is this woman nuts? There are PLENTY of attractive women in politics. Women can be attractive while also being smart and possess leadership skills.

Jennifer Granholm was a model before she went to law school. She's very attractive. I'd also name Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin, Maria Cantwell, Mary Bono, and Marsha Blackburn as other women in politics who are easy on the eyes.

We knew as far back as the 70s that being sexually attractive AND being considered smart and competent was pretty much a contradiction in terms. I very recently saw a study on Sarah Palin saying that yeah, people think that sexually, she's very attractive, but no they don't consider her competent. This view applies to both genders, BTW.

It is a very difficult problem and there's no obvious answer to fixing it.

Mrs Bruce forgot Ann Coulter... well, nevermind, she was talking about women.

Real nice ... Imagine if someone from ABC or NBC said something bad about Sarah Palin's appearance. The GOP & AM radio would tear them apart. Instead, the middle & the left just allow the right wing blowhards on FNC & Limbaugh to get away with incendiary unacceptable comments like this.