Was anyone else annoyed by Harry Reid putting his arm around Nancy Pelosi at that press conference yesterday? It annoyed me on several levels. Pelosi sure seemed annoyed, though she did her best to suppress it with all the cameras present.
It may seem like a little thing at first glance, but I think it speaks volumes about Harry Reid. Would he do this with a male counterpart? I doubt it. It was sexist. Apparently he is way, way out of touch with current norms. and still views women as lesser beings who just love and need the signs of support and approval from men.
It was very demeaning to Pelosi -- an attempt to make Reid look like the bigger, more important person, treating his underling with kindness, and it put Pelosi in a very uncomfortable situation.
Plus, there's just the unmitigated gall of the guy, thinking he is so great that women would just love to be seen with him putting his arms around them, uninvited.
Reid's lack of understanding of current norms together with his inflated self-impression, evidenced by this incident, seriously adds to my already existing concern as to whether he is sufficiently in touch with reality to be leading the democrats in the Senate.