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Maureen Dowd is losing her fastball
MarketWatch.com ^ | Last update: 12:01 a.m. EDT Aug. 18, 2008 | Jon Friedman

Posted on 08/18/2008 8:02:40 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee

...Dowd may have unwittingly summed up her conundrum in a July piece, in which she remarked to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, "It seems a President Obama would be harder to make fun of than these guys." (For the record, Stewart scoffed at her notion, asking, "Are you kidding me?")

Sorry, but Dowd's references to Obama as Beanpole Guy, Barry and No-Drama Obama seem to be forced attempts at humor...

For her part, Dowd can occasionally appear to cross the line from sarcasm to meanness. She recently wrote about McCain: "John looks in the mirror and sees his face marred by skin cancer and looks at the TV and sees his dashing self-image replaced by visions of William Frawley." Sorry, Bub. That didn't do anything for me...

(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catherine; douglas; dowdy; jones; modo; zeta
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1 posted on 08/18/2008 8:02:41 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

My, My, My!

I knew that this would be a worthwhile thread as soon as I saw the headline.


2 posted on 08/18/2008 8:04:20 AM PDT by SmithL (Drill Dammit!)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee
and looks at the TV and sees his dashing self-image replaced by visions of William Frawley.

If only McCain were as funny as Frawley.

3 posted on 08/18/2008 8:05:35 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

Damn, I love Maureen Dowd Posts !! What a way to start the day.......thank you !!


4 posted on 08/18/2008 8:05:53 AM PDT by mick
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee
First Michael, now her fastball? Poor dear.

You didn't leave much else for us to do here ... a full service post, eh? Oh my!

5 posted on 08/18/2008 8:06:21 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (College kid: "Do you have a minute for Obama?" NVA: "Not now or ever.")
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To: SmithL

Don’t worry- There will be a picture of Bigfoot(Dowd).


6 posted on 08/18/2008 8:06:22 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

This is NOT a useless thread. Great post.


7 posted on 08/18/2008 8:06:26 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

Not sure I can say THANK YOU enough. You obviously know how to follow the rules....and then some!


8 posted on 08/18/2008 8:06:39 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

“forced attempts at humor”? Maureen Dowd isn’t really funny any more? I don’t believe it!

Has any sane person EVER laughed at a MoDo column? Or even cracked a smile? I think not.


9 posted on 08/18/2008 8:08:25 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee
I'm a woman and even I like the Maureen Dowd threads. They remind me to do my ab crunches and stay away from carbohydrates. Very inspiring, thanks!
10 posted on 08/18/2008 8:09:34 AM PDT by ottbmare
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To: Dr. Ursus
Don’t worry- There will be a picture of Bigfoot(Dowd).

OK, if you say so.


11 posted on 08/18/2008 8:10:26 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

They ARE rather big feet, aren’t they?


12 posted on 08/18/2008 8:11:47 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

I, for one, am happy to see a continuing strict adherence to FR rules around here.


13 posted on 08/18/2008 8:12:41 AM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: Cicero

What took you so long? She looks like she’s waiting for
Christopher Hitchens to sober up.


14 posted on 08/18/2008 8:12:46 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: Cicero
They ARE rather big feet, aren’t they?
China's last foot binding survivors
REUTERS VIDEO

Jul. 17 - Women in China's Yunnan Province look back at how they paid the ultimate price for beauty by binding their feet.

Survivors of foot binding continue the legend of three-inch golden lotuses in southern China's Yunnan province.

Once a symbol of wealth, foot binding has been regarded as the most undesirable price women have ever paid for beauty.

Jennifer Marostica reports.

SOUNDBITE:

• 97-year-old Zhang Huaixian

• 86-year-old Yang Cuixiu


15 posted on 08/18/2008 8:17:00 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee (const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

I got as far as photo #2 and had to take a cold shower.


16 posted on 08/18/2008 8:21:32 AM PDT by Carl LaFong (Building Code Under Fire)
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To: Cicero

“big feet”
It’s hard to see in that photo but—like all her shoes—she has little bells under the arches and whistles on the toes to warn people to get out of the way.


17 posted on 08/18/2008 8:24:04 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: Dr. Ursus
+ ++=
18 posted on 08/18/2008 8:28:24 AM PDT by redstateconfidential (A man who lets his friends down, is no man at all.)
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To: Cicero

“They ARE rather big feet, aren’t they?”
They’re so big,,,
How big are they?
They remind me of a punching bag toy I had as a kid. It was a blow-up clown, with huge feet, weighted with sand. You’d knock it down and it would boing right back up. That’s how big!


19 posted on 08/18/2008 8:28:32 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: All

see 18


20 posted on 08/18/2008 8:30:21 AM PDT by redstateconfidential (A man who lets his friends down, is no man at all.)
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