[Cicero]

When, oh when, is the New York Times going to wake up and dump this idiot? She is a) ignorant; b) too lazy to go out and research her columns; c) the worst writer the Times has ever had working for them, bar none.

Time to admit they made a mistake and cut their losses.

[okie01]

"When, oh when, is the New York Times going to wake up and dump this idiot? She is a) ignorant; b) too lazy to go out and research her columns; c) the worst writer the Times has ever had working for them, bar none.

"Time to admit they made a mistake and cut their losses."

Nonetheless, in the NYTimes scheme of things, Maureen has her purposes. She is responsible for articulating the inner feelings of its limousine liberal audience.

She is to the shallow elitist left as Rush Limbaugh is to the right: she validates their thinking.

Granted, it doesn't make for much meat on a 750-word column's bones. But there it is...