It is our right as Americans to be married to or at least friendly with this woman!
Posted on 11/27/2004 2:30:55 PM PST by Pokey78
WASHINGTON — I've been surprised, out on the road, how often I get asked about my family. They're beyond red - more like crimson. My sister flew to West Virginia in October to work a phone bank for W.
People often wonder what our Thanksgiving is like.
It's lovely - if you enjoy hearing about how brilliant Ann Coulter is, how misguided The New York Times's editorial page is, and how valiant the president is as he tries to stop America's slide into paganism.
This year, my brothers were on the warpath about news reports that Maryland public schools did not teach about Thanksgiving from a religious perspective. "Who do they think the Pilgrims thanked?" demanded Martin. "God."
There are moments - when my brothers are sharing some snarky thing Rush Limbaugh said about me, or the latest bon mot from Pat Buchanan, with whom they grew up - that I'm tempted to stuff my ears with my mom's potato stuffing, or go off and read a book by David Sedaris about normal family life.
People often ask me why President Bush inspires such passionate support. My brother Kevin, a salesman who lives in Montgomery County, Md., can answer that; here is a recent e-mail message, trimmed for space, he sent to friends:
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
Now, just as four years ago, I breathe a huge sigh of relief and rejoice in the common sense of the American voting public. Congratulations to President Bush for winning re-election in a poker game played with a stacked deck. No candidate, including Richard Nixon, ever had to endure the biased and unfair tactics of our major media in their attempt to influence the outcome of an election. ... He never complained, just systematically set about delivering the same consistent message. You may remember that four years ago, I felt physically ill watching the Democrats try to legislate their way to the presidency. ...
A very big thank you to Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Rob Reiner, Bill Maher, Barbra Streisand, Alec Baldwin, Al Franken and Jon Stewart for your involvement. You certainly energized the base. Now, please have the courage of your convictions and leave the country.
To Bob Shrum - Cut your fee.
To Mike McCurry, Joe Lockhart and Paul Begala - You don't seem quite as smart without a great candidate.
To The New York Times and The Washington Post - If Bush and Reagan were so stupid, how did they both go four for four in elections involving two of our biggest states and the presidency without your endorsement?
We do not live in a secular country. There are all sorts of people of faith that place moral values over personal freedoms. They are not all 'wacky evangelicals.' They are people who don't like Howard Stern piping a hard porn show over the airwaves and wrapping himself in the freedom of the First Amendment. They don't like being told that a young girl does not have to seek her mother's counsel about an abortion. They don't like seeing an eight-month-old fetus having his head punctured and his brains sucked out. They don't like being told the Pledge of Allegiance, a moment of silent prayer and the words 'under God' are offensive to an enlightened few so nobody should be allowed to use them. ... My wife and I picked our sons' schools based on three criteria: 1) moral values 2) discipline 3) religious maintenance - in that order. We have spent an obscene amount of money doing this and never regretted a penny. Last week on the news, I heard that the Montgomery County school board voted to include a class with a 10th-grade girl demonstrating how to put a condom on a cucumber and a study of the homosexual lifestyle. The vote was 6-0. I feel better about the money all the time.
To Dan Rather - Good luck in your retirement.
To Gavin Newsom - Thanks for all of the great shots of the San Francisco couples embracing their mates at City Hall in direct defiance of the law.
To P. Diddy - 'Vote or Die' might need a little work.
To John Edwards - Thanks for being there.
To my friends - only 1,460 days until the next election. Stay vigilant. The Democrats, CBS, the NY Times and the Post may think Hillary is the perfect antidote for all those 'stupid' voters out there.
Best regards, Kevin"
she was given up by wolves who claimed she was "too socialist for the pack".LOL... I think it was all that 'pecking order at the carcass' that got her booted.
Muahahaha!
I have to ask. With a family like that...whatever went wrong with Maureen?
So, it's lovely...
Oh, and one more thing...
Blood may be thicker than gravy...but gravy tastes a lot better with Thanksgiving dinner.
It is our right as Americans to be married to or at least friendly with this woman!
MoDO was adopted. Interesting.
What is this "Catherine Rule".
Why? She acknowledges that she's the stigmatized oddball in her own family, all the quotes from her brother's letter are spot-on and devastatingly true, and the only pathetic defense she can dredge up for her own twisted worldview is a reference to some obscure gay caballero author.
Its refreshing to read a column by the Queen of the Juniper Berry that doesn't involve projectile vomiting.
I don't think thats her goal. If it was, she would actually be very dangerious.
I think she sees herself as giving people the "inside scoop" from the cocktail party circuit on the opinions of the elite.
I've given to nicknaming her column the "cocktail diaries".
Its pretty hard to find a left wing version of Ann Coulter, Coulter may have a good sense of humor, but the research she pours herself into, and the time she spends doing work, is not given enough credit. Somone like Dowd, who probably spends no more then a few minuits working on her columns, would have to devote half of her life to be the equal.
I claim the ancient right of Prima Nocte in this case. The rest of you can wait your turn.
>>"WTF is potato stuffing?"<<
You may be right about the Dowdy one, but Potato Stuffing is a real thing. In some parts of the country, they make the stuffing with Potatoes instead of Bread. It is actually very good.
I want to thank brother Kevin for answering the question sister MoDo could not. This is a NYT first in my eyes. Thanks KevDo!
Where did you get that from? I think post #2 was sarcasm.
This is like an early Chistmas present for Ann.
She must be LOL.
I meant post # 11, sorry.
Or post #16 maybe even.
if DowdyDowner had a husband and children like MOST women her age, she wouldn't have to mooch off of her family every year!!!
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