Jingle Bell Schlock (Dowd hates Christmas)

The New York Times ^ | 12/05/04 | Maureen Dowd

[NYpeanut]

Well, now he's a granny figure.

[technomage]

How and where did you meet my mother-in-law?

LOL!!!!!

[nutmeg]

Wow... don't miss this priceless tirade by angry, bitter Mo Dowd!

Excerpts:

I've never said this out loud before, but I can't stand Christmas...

It might be exacerbated by the stress I feel when I think of all the money I've spent on lavishing boyfriends with presents over the years, guys who are now living with other women who are enjoying my lovingly picked out presents which I'm no doubt still paying for in credit card interest charges.

[mewzilla]

Maureen Dowd is a female Jacob Marley.

[nutmeg]

Wow... don't miss this priceless tirade by angry, bitter Mo Dowd!

Excerpts:

I've never said this out loud before, but I can't stand Christmas...

It might be exacerbated by the stress I feel when I think of all the money I've spent on lavishing boyfriends with presents over the years, guys who are now living with other women who are enjoying my lovingly picked out presents which I'm no doubt still paying for in credit card interest charges.

[xsmommy]

this is very self revealing on Mo's part. obviously she is bitter old spinster shrew with no kids to have shared christmas joy with and it is eating her alive that the Douglas family is all curled up together with their eggnog and designer stockings enjoying santa and gifts.

[Polyxene]

NAG Hag with a terminal case of PEST!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

"You're weird," my mom says.

Her mom has it nailed.

[hobbes1]

And you know she originally wrote "Balls" not Face, as the part to be ripped off.

[dead]

[Hatteras]

"I have to be stressed about the fact that my holiday stress might cause me to turn into an old bat - instantly,..."

Got some bad news for you Mo, too late, have you looked in the mirror lately?

[Citizen Soldier]

This column is the equivilent of Carly Simon's song "You're So Vain" - an attempt to get even with an ex-lover.

I bet Catherine and Michael are laughing up heir sleeves at her!

[Not A Snowbird]

Barking moonbat alert! This woman has serious issues.

[xsmommy]

of course. she is a man-hating shrewish spinster hag.

[ssaftler]

Hey, if she's depressed enough to be suicidal, I hear China has a Suicide Prevention Hotline that is so overcrowded and understaffed, you usually end up on hold...

[ghitma]

Mo Do and my lib brother are the perfect example on why libs are libs. Libs are unhappy and miserable people inside and out. They are so unhappy and so miserable that they cannot stand to see anyone else being happy. They need to find fault with all things. It is not just finding fault they need to tear things apart, to destroy the happiness of others. I cannot recall Mo Do or my brother ever being happy about anything.

[Seaplaner]

I can visualize "Christmas" cards from Maureen...Dowd. It's black over grey and it reads

Have yourself a miserable little mullygrub this Holiday

Yo, Maureen...MERRY CHRISTMAS !

[Tribune7]

I started liking her a little bit after she ran her brother's column and described how her siblings keep telling how brillant Ann Coulter is, and keep flinging the latest things Rush Limbaugh says about her at her.

People who can laugh at themselves can't be that bad.

[Cboldt]

Ms. Dowd is just fanning flames to get attention. Ignore the sourpuss.

[Annie03]

"It is rather perverse to my mind, that the NYT would continue to exhibit this obviously emotionally disturbed woman. What are they waiting for her to do, put a bullet through her head. This women needs help, not exhibition.

I suppose for Liberals, misery loves company.

Happy Holidays Maureen."

Wow...you got that right. I never read her at all, and after reading this public disassembling I know why. She went over the edge long ago, methinks.