[governsleastgovernsbest]

This is a repost of my earlier ping. On reflection, I believe the most newsworthy element of Dowd's column is the quote from the Hillary adviser mocking McCain's POW past. I've rewritten the item accordingly.

[230FMJ]

Petty post-menopausal partisan projection.

[nikos1121]

Yes, one on one talks like we did with Clinton really worked didn't they Maureen? Take a vacation as your column continues to be unimportant and irrelevant.

[Dahoser]

Also, is mocking John McCain's POW past a smart move for the Hillary camp?

Of course it is. Her supporters spitting on a Police Honor Guard didn't stop Her Heinous from being elected Senator, so why not this? Besides, no one in the media will call her on it. She gets to whack McCain with impunity. It's not at all like when a Republican calls Max Cleland a doofus and gets accused of denigrating the service of a disabled Vietnam vet.

[kb2614]

...then she's not the smartest-woman-in-the-world political juggernaut some make her out to be.

Huh? Dowd was considered smart? She's as dumb as a brick.

[an amused spectator]

Privately, Hillary’s camp was not overly upset by the McCain swipe because it suspected he was doing the bidding of the White House and that he ended up, as one adviser put it, “looking similar to the way he did on those captive tapes from Hanoi, where he recited the names of his crew mates.”

I guess it's better than looking similar to the way nearly every Clintonista always ended up in front of the grand jury, Congressional investigatory panel or like venue, where they recited the same phrases over and over:

"I cannot recall"
"I do not remember"
"I have no recollection"

;-)

[an amused spectator]

rules is rules

[Dahoser]

Ahem! We do have rules in these parts for Mo threads.

[Just mythoughts]

Ah, I guess that Alaskan tundra salvation trip McCain and Hillry took together (among their other world travels) was NOT protection enough against the Hillry power grab.

[an amused spectator]

[DCPatriot]

Is it necessary to show a photo of Dowd? I haven't digested my eggs yet and she makes me nauseous.

[AnnGora]

I think all the Botox has gone to the brain...

[YaYa123]

No matter what Dowd writes about, she exudes.....snide.

[cookcounty]

Well, in the Dems defense, we know from McCain himself that what was done to McCain was pretty much like we do to our prisoners: So he probaably spent that time in the Hanoi Hilton forced to listen to the moral equivalent of Barry Manilow music that just went on and on. And got woken up at night.

[CyberAnt]

First of all .. I do not accept the premise that McCain "is the top contender" for the repub nomination.

He's not polling well here at FR - 2% - which means HE'S NOT A TOP CONTENDER FOR ANYTHING.

McCain is the media's darling .. and they can have him .. but he will NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA.

[F.J. Mitchell]

I refuse to allow myself to be baited into defending McCaine.

[M Kehoe]

Yes, Modo I know you read FR. And yes Mo, I know you hate us. So, I just wanted you to know that I come to these threads for the pictures...

5.56mm

[Txsleuth]

bttt

[johnny7]

Which aide made that quote about McCain... Ann Lewis... Phillip(whatever-his-last-name-is)?

[Petronski]

They want attention because the Bush administration inexplicably refuses to talk to them.

And there, in ONE word, Mo exposes her abject historical ignorance.

The laughable part is that people PAY to read her crap.