Dowd: Hillary the 'Feral' Bully

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Did Maureen really mean to call Hillary "feral"? As in: "a domestic animal [such as the razorback pictured here] that has returned to the wild and lives without human attention"? We'll take Dowd at her word. In Where’s His Right Hook? this morning, Dowd describes Barack Obama as being "bullied" by "the feral Hillary." Yikes.

Dowd reports on a recent interview with Obama, to whom she variously refers as "Obambi" and "Barry," and lets us know she found herself, sitting across from him, feeling like the "nun [in the "Bells of St. Mary"] who teaches a schoolboy who’s being bullied how to box." So Obama brings out the protective nun in Dowd. Funny, I don't recall a woman ever mentioning that she felt like a nun in Bill Clinton's presence.

In any case, Dowd clearly has her doubts as to whether Obama has the requisite toughness as either candidate or leader:

• "I’m just not certain, having watched the fresh-faced senator shy away from fighting with the feral Hillary over her Hollywood turf, that he understands that a campaign is inherently a conflict."
• "If Hillary is in touch with her masculine side, Barry is in touch with his feminine side."
• "He turned up his nose at his campaign’s sharp response to Hillary and her pinstriped thug, Howard Wolfson."
• "Do you worry that you might be putting yourself on a pedestal too much? Because people also want to see you mix it up a little. That’s how they judge how you’d be with Putin."

Along the way, Dowd also refers to Hillary as "Godzilla stomping on Obambi." I don't doubt that if Clinton emerges as the Dem candidate, Dowd would ultimately support her against the Republican nominee. But in the meantime, there's clearly no love lost between the columnist and the "feral" bully.

Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net

[governsleastgovernsbest]

MoDo-don't-like-Hillary ping to Today show list.

[johnny7]

Fevered delirium...

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Mo better watch out. She may have an "unfortunate" accident by turning on Hildabeast like this...

[Roccus]

I like the "Obambi" moniker.

[jalisco555]

I think people are losing their fear of the Clintons.

[Beckwith]

He has never, ever been in a tough campaign.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"He has never, ever been in a tough campaign."

Wait a second. He did beat Alan Keyes ;-)

[mkjessup]

Dowd's next interview might end up being with Vince Foster.

Not that it wouldn't be a fascinating interview mind you.

[bricks4all2]

how long has his name been changed to "Barry"?

[USNBandit]

I believe there is a rule regarding Dowd posts.

[USNBandit]

This one probably hits closer to home.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Not me. They scare me worse than Al Capone would.

[YaYa123]

Two weeks in a row and Maureen has rediscovered the fun of being discussed. Maybe she wants off the irrelevant Saturday pages and back to prime time week days. Maybe she craves that more than she longs for another Clinton White House.

[Beckwith]

He won his state senate seat in a minority district that also included the university where he taught.

He made a run at the US House and had his head handed to him.

Yup, Alan Keyes. Wasn't his fault. Not the right candidate.

Obama hasn't seen a fight like the one he's chosen now.

Hillary's people will savage him.

[Beckwith]

Barry was the nickname given him by his mother, Anna Dunham.

He was known in Jakarta as Barry Soetoro.

I am curious why he chose to use his name, Barack Hussein Obama when his mother sent him to live with his grandparents, who he has referred to as "white folk," in Hawaii.

[econjack]

Mo better watch out. She may have an "unfortunate" accident by turning on Hildabeast like this...

Naw...she'd never do anything like that.

Signed,

Vince Foster

[Vinnie]

Thank you for making this thread readable. :)

[Shimmer128]

feral...Hillary...yeah.

[Vinnie]

Obama is probably the only contender Hillary doesn't have an FBI file on.