Warren

This is a link to a nice profile of Elizabeth Warren. There is no doubt that she has run - by far - the most issue-laden campaign that I can recall.  There is no doubt - as the article catalogs - that she is a tireless and indefatigable campaigner.  Yet, time and time again -  especially when talking to people of my parent's generation, I keep hearing that word.  You know the one.  You heard it in 2016.

Shrill.

I have no idea, exactly, what that means.  Is it the fact that her voice is a pitch higher than the men who run for president? It can't be because she's angry, because she's not.  She's the Happy Warrior of this election cycle. Perhaps it's simply unconscious bias at work; our vision of leadership is male.

I remember in 2008, quite a few African Americans and others were worried that America would never elect a black president.  But the Dubya administration was such an unmitigated disaster, that it didn't matter.  Maybe my fears are like those of 2008.  Maybe Trump's singular odiousness will compensate for whatever "shrill" means.

Interesting gamble to take.