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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They've already done it in New York. The Liberal party disappeared and was replaced with the Working Families party. (It's a New York-only phenomenon, if any FReeper doesn't understand the New York system, don't worry.)
I think he finally realized he was dating outside his species and dumped her.
Misanthrope.....
Ok I give up. Michael Savage is right: liberalism is a mental disorder. I can't even count the number of self-refuting statements in just these few sentences of hers.
In the first place, "Puritanism" gave us our form of government, an "impulse" that apparently Dowd wants to keep under control. If that were not bad enough, how can there be "better angels" and "nasty devils" in this lunatic's world view, since such terms echo Puritanism? Why does she echo an "impulse" that she condemns? I think a person could go nuts just trying to make any rational sense out of what she says.
Cordially,
Ms. Anthrope.....
Who's got the kitty? Always Right, you got the kitty for the zot?
Sounds like Maureen and Lawrence O'Donnell from MSNBC would be a match made in E-Harmony heaven.
No, I just loved the books and the movies....going to be a strange Christmas with no new "LOTR" movie
My favorite description of Dims is bitter and angry. That's is a good description of most of those I know and it is how they live their lives. They lack any form of joy. The world is inconvenient and coming to an end and it's all everybody elses' fault.
MoDo: the Grey Lady's camel toe.
She IS a vapid, stupid, shallow excuse for a living creature, but I don't know that I want to denigrate dogs by including her in that species.
I made that Zell-out up.. or at least I thought I did.
You've read my posts, you know I stand Conservative. You know I leant moral support on the Bush win before he won. Go ahead and get that cute little sniper kitty out for a conservative who will never trust someone who changes parties at the last minute.
I thank Maureen for verbalizing perfectly the question I have been struggling with for months!
Not quite used to hate speech. I really need practice!
Yes, that is the real reason Maureen is so bitter. She will never ever get over her. Life is a beech!
Surfing the channels on Sunday morning, came across Dowd...what a black-hearted, mean-spirited evil person she is....really, really vile.....
Zell hasn't changed parties - he is still a Democrat. Just supported/campaigned for President Bush.
when did Zell change parties? he is still a Democrat, isn't he?
Where are the guys with the butterfly nets?
Who is this gal and why does anyone care what she thinks?
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