I've posted some silly sex stuff today, but what Bob Herbert is writing about in this op-ed piece is no joke: A chemotherapy patient goes in for a breast examination and her doctor tells her another man will observe the exam; she later learns the man is not a doctor but a salesman, sues, and her case his dismissed because the judge claims she waived her right to privacy by not immediately objecting -- a judge now nominated to the federal bench by President Bush.

You know, Joycelyn Elders resigned late in 1994 and she's still a punchline in America. Why were Republicans able to make her a household name -- as well as Lani Guinier, whose alleged violation of American values involved abstruse voting schemes, not sex -- but most people, including most liberals, still don't know the name of this judge, Carolyn Kuhl? What the hell is wrong with the Democratic Party?