Shrillery

The Wichita Bureau weighs in on Hillary. It's the voice:

Hillary (and almost any woman) addressing a large group comes across as shrill. She needs to speak in normal tones and rely on the amplification system to make her heard. The tone of her voice is just too high. Grates.

Oddly, the Royal Army trained (and may still train) its RSMs to give marching and maneuvering orders in shrill voices – as being more easily heard in the din of battle. It sounds funny to us who have been trained to listen to the low pitch voices of speakers as ‘better’. Kennedy had a high voice and seemed to avoid the ‘Dean scream’ – and speak conversationally.

I’m not sure there is a woman speaker who doesn’t come across as shrill – possibly excepting your buddy the Italian correspondent at NPR Silvia Fujoli (I can’t begin to guess the spelling). She might sound good in a debate.

That's Poggioli, big guy.