Posted on 11/08/2004 7:51:18 AM PST by Pfesser
The New York Times' Maureen Dowd, who in her first postelection column last week accused President Bush of "dividing the country along fault lines of fear, intolerance, ignorance and religious rule," apparently thinks she went too easy on the Republican. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that her second postelection column, published yesterday, bordered on the hysterical.
"Just how much did Karl Rove hate not being one of the cool guys in high school in the '60s? Enough to hatch schemes to marshal the forces of darkness to take over the country?" Miss Dowd asked.
"Oh, yeah," she answered.
The columnist added: "W.'s presidency rushes backward, stifling possibilities, stirring intolerance, confusing church with state, blowing off the world, replacing science with religion, and facts with faith. We're entering another dark age, more creationist than cutting edge, more premodern than postmodern. Instead of leading America to an exciting new reality, the Bushies cocoon in a scary, paranoid, regressive reality. Their new health care plan will probably be a return to leeches.
"America has always had strains of isolationism, nativism, chauvinism, puritanism and religious fanaticism. But most of our leaders, even our devout presidents, have tried to keep these impulses under control. Not this crew. They don't call to our better angels; they summon our nasty devils."
Miss Dowd repeated some of this yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Her conservative colleague, William Safire, appeared on the program with her, and gently assured Miss Dowd that everything would be OK, and that someday the Democrats will return to power.
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Not until they take Zell Miller's advice.
Saw the program yesterday. I've never seen someone so unhappy....and this is the deep kind of unhappiness... what a sad person she is.
Maureen will be an old maid by the time the Democrats again take power... oops, my bad, she already is.
MoDo needs some xanax.
Apparently, though, she seems upset that the adults remain in power.
(looking at my watch) When does hell freeze over?
MoDo needs some xanax.
Apparently, though, she seems upset that the adults remain in power.
Did you catch the line about Condi Rice being Bush's "workout partner"? My wife and I came unglued... The nerve of that &*$#%.
Yeah, I heard that.
Does MoDo workout with someone? Is he just as uptight as she is?
The juxtaposition of Ms. Dowdy and Mr. Safire served to illuminate her unfortunate demeanor. I found Mr. Safire to be very optimistic, conciliatory and even comforting.
She, on the other hand, was like a rabid dog.
`` Not until they take Zell Miller's advice.``
They will one day, but by that time I will be bargain shopping for Depends.
That ain't all she needs.......
She has company. Consider those who are just as unhappy with the election results.
Osama Bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Yassir Arafat
THE NASSSSSTY FILTHY BUSHIESSSSSSSS.....THEY STOLE THE PRECIOUS.....IT'S OURSSSSS AND (gollum, gollum) WE WANTS IT, WE WANTS IT....WE HATES NASSSSSTY FILTHY BUSHIES.....WE HATES THEM FOREVER!!!! (gollum, gollum)
Yeah. Ain't it cool? I'm watching it again. Who's got the popcorn?
She, on the other hand, IS a rabid dog.
I saw her speak in NYC a couple weeks ago, and everything out of her mouth sounded like it was from a complete airhead. Men only act out of testosterone, only women are suited for political power because they are so conciliatory, everyone acts on the national and global stage as if they were still in high school or kindergarten. Dowd is useful only as a reflection of her immature and parochial liberal-Manhattan-elite milieu, nothing more.
She has never been the same since Michael Douglas wined and dined her during the 1998 election and then dropped her like a hot rock afterwards.
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