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Maureen Dowd: Playing All the Angles
New York Times ^ | 10/17/2010 | Maureen Dowd

Posted on 10/17/2010 5:45:19 AM PDT by safetysign

As I sat above the Hoover Dam under the broiling sun, I was getting jittery.

There was Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, speaking at the dedication of a bridge linking Arizona and Nevada 890 feet above the Colorado River.

As the politicians droned on and my Irish skin turned toasty brown, I worried that Governor Brewer might make a citizen’s arrest and I would have to run for my life across the desert. She has, after all, declared open season on anyone with a suspicious skin tone in her state.

We are in the era of Republican Mean Girls, grown-up versions of those teenage tormentors who would steal your boyfriend, spray-paint your locker and, just for good measure, spread rumors that you were pregnant.

These women — Jan, Meg, Carly, Sharron, Linda, Michele, Queen Bee Sarah and sweet wannabe Christine — have co-opted and ratcheted up the disgust with the status quo that originally buoyed Barack Obama. Whether they’re mistreating the help or belittling the president’s manhood, making snide comments about a rival’s hair or ripping an opponent for spending money on a men’s fashion show, the Mean Girls have replaced Hope with Spite and Cool with Cold. They are the ideal nihilistic cheerleaders for an angry electorate.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: angle; dowd; modo; now; reid
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To: gthog61

I think she USED TO BE witty. She’s always been nasty which makes her accusations of mean girls pretty funny—but still not witty. I think panic has overcome what talent she used to have.


21 posted on 10/17/2010 6:13:55 AM PDT by Sal (Obama maxed out the Race Card, awakened the Sleeping Giant and filled it with a terrible resolve.)
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To: safetysign

She actually left NY and sat out in the sun?


22 posted on 10/17/2010 6:15:01 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: safetysign
This is what female jealousy looks like.

It's hell when you age and have to watch the younger, more popular women arrive and get all the attention.

It's not fun looking into the mirror and asking "Who is the fairest of them all?" and receiving an honest answer.

Maybe Mo can dress like a kindly old woman and take poisoned apples to those "pretties" she hates.

It's pathetic to watch a grown woman behave like this.

23 posted on 10/17/2010 6:15:41 AM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority (What this country needs is an enema.)
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To: safetysign

make sure to take a look at the Dana Perino response.......sweet!


24 posted on 10/17/2010 6:15:56 AM PDT by GotMojo
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To: safetysign

Are Republican women hurting their little feelings? Boo freakin hoo.


25 posted on 10/17/2010 6:16:42 AM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: safetysign

This is one of those articles when you ask yourself “Does she really believe the crap she has committed to print?” Honestly, this article is so over the top that it reads as a parody of Dowd.


26 posted on 10/17/2010 6:17:11 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Conservatives want a CHOICE not an echo - No more RINOs!)
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To: GotMojo

Where is Perino’s response?


27 posted on 10/17/2010 6:18:32 AM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: safetysign

MoDo seems to have adopted the “just lay back and enjoy it” response to the current rape and dismantling of the economy and abandonment of basic American ideals. She worries Gov. Jan Brewer is going to deport her for getting a suntan on her pasty white Irish countenance? What a total crock of crap. She’s going down with this ship of fools and it can’t come soon enough for me.


28 posted on 10/17/2010 6:18:35 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: GoCards

check link at Drudge


29 posted on 10/17/2010 6:19:56 AM PDT by GotMojo
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30 posted on 10/17/2010 6:20:41 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: safetysign

Hmmm, when their Conservative girls, they’re “mean girls”, when their demon-rats, they’re “strong feminists”.

I hate these people more and more each day. I cannot wait until 11/2.


31 posted on 10/17/2010 6:26:44 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (Obama IS a jackass!)
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To: safetysign
Is this dried up bitter old maid still relevant?
32 posted on 10/17/2010 6:27:41 AM PDT by Happy Rain
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To: safetysign

ahh women have arrived. they have adopted all the unpleasant traits they criticized men for. how depressing.


33 posted on 10/17/2010 6:28:02 AM PDT by avital2
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To: GotMojo

Thanks, just read! Good comeback however, I wonder who she “doesnt” like and why she had to put that in there. Im cautious on Perino. Not sure she gets it yet. imho


34 posted on 10/17/2010 6:28:30 AM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: jimbo123

Hey, she kind of looks like Michael Douglas in that pic.


35 posted on 10/17/2010 6:32:26 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Moderates manipulate, extremists use violence, but the goal is the same.)
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To: safetysign

She actually gets paid to write about all those goblins in her tiny little brain... Sheeesh!


36 posted on 10/17/2010 6:39:30 AM PDT by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Nice-looking beast of burden. Who’s the camel?


37 posted on 10/17/2010 6:42:51 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: safetysign

This is hilarious considering Dowd’s personality.

This is a true study in projection.


38 posted on 10/17/2010 6:46:06 AM PDT by headstamp 2 ("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
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To: Happy Rain

Maureen Dowd is nearly 60 years old. You’d think she would have gotten over high school by now.


39 posted on 10/17/2010 6:49:46 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: mick

Just following the rules.


40 posted on 10/17/2010 7:03:39 AM PDT by magslinger ('This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!')
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