What is it with these people and their venomous, anti-woman vulgarity? Sexist tropes are so routine in liberal strutting that - as with their anti-Palin hatred and their anti-Prejean puerility - they don't even notice how awful they sound any more:

Of course, Reid doesn't always have nice things to say himself. While no one expects Reid to praise George W. Bush, the degree to which he is judgmental and catty regarding the former president pretty much speaks for itself. Three pages in, after lamely trying to establish his bipartisan bona fides by talking up George H. W. Bush, Reid shares this charming anecdote about his early days in the Senate: "[Former Texas senator and vice-presidential candidate Lloyd] Bentsen went on and on effusively about what a quality man President-elect [H. W.] Bush was. Then he paused and said, 'But watch out for his wife; she's a bitch.' I have never had anything against Mrs. Bush, but guided by Bentsen's crude advice, I've always said that our forty-third president is more his mother than his dad." Wha's the purpose of recording for posterity a bit of hearsay defaming a woman Reid admits he has no cause to dislike? Is Reid really so petty as to insult someone's mother? Why yes, yes he is.

It's not exactly pettiness. It's closer to the costless, affected bravado of the playground - the leftist equivalent of "yeah... I said it!" Snidely describing conservative women as dogs and bitches is apparently a regular punchline for our progressive betters.

References:
* Time For Another "Liberals Bragging About Their Pathological Hatred For Palin" Post [MR]
* Miss California Smear Site: We're Posting Prejean's Teenage Topless Pics Because Of Her Views (UPDATED: Prejean Losing Her Crown Monday?) [MR]
* Speaking Bluntly [Hemingway / NRO]
* Axelrod "jokes": Miss California's a dog or something [Hot Air]

Previously:
* The Ugly Left - Disgusting Anti-Malkin Sexism In Wonkette's Comments Section
* CNN Spends Evening Searching For Democrat Who Can Explain Why Anti-Palin Smears Don't Reek Of Sexism. Fails. (Plus: Guess When "Shrill" Used To Be Sexist)
* The 5 Stages Of Liberal Mourning Over Palin