Maureen Dowd: A Reader's Guide

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Finally, Maureen Dowd has weighed in on Scott McClellan's book. But we don't need to tell you that--naturally by now you've read her insightful commentary on it in Sunday's New York Times. But how well do you know your MoDo? Her analysis is so deep, only a mind that is continually sharpened and trained can get all the wisdom nuggets out of it. See how you're doing with our 23/6 Maureen Dowd Reader's Guide.

1. Dowd leads with:

"They say that every president gets the psychoanalyst he deserves. And every Hamlet gets his Rosencrantz."

What does this mean?

a) Dowd has read a Shakespeare play.

b) Dowd wants you to know she's read a Shakespeare play.

c) Dowd is very smart and also very "literary."

d) Nothing.

Answer: all of the above.

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Comments

[Bodie1]

Maureen has a large bully pulpit from which she can level any kind of snide and snarky remark without fear of accountability. Her pathological hatred of HRC is astounding in its inaccuracies and assumptions. Men lobbing shots at HRC is expected; Maureen and all her "intellectual" sisters in the media who took delicious delight in tearing apart one of their own is just sad. Congratulations, Mo. You succeeded in helping get W elected with your innunedo filled rants on Gore and you've all but assured that this country won't see a woman president for a very long time.

[americanwhocares]

Bodie1, please tell HRC that the primary is over, she will not be the Democratic Nominee. I truly hope you find it in your heart (along with all the other Hillary supporters) to support Obama in the General Election. America may not survive a third Bush term (McBush).

[Bluedog12]

Who's Maureen Dowd?

[elcojonu]

The times I've seen her on TV, she's come accross to me as a young lady in need of an ultra-passionate love affair with a very masculine, gentle and caring male.
Quite simply, she looks to be in need of very passionate TLC and all that goes with it; she has a sad look about her.
She requires very special handling by a very special man.

[KevinKSF]

Question: Who is Maureen Dowd really?

Answer: A man hating Male to Female transexual. She has the bone structure of almost any Pittsburgh Steeler QB, size 11 EEE feet, an adams apple to rival Ann Coulter’s. But MoDo thinks she’s a petite size zero ooops that’s her brain. Ha ha aren’t I cleaver. Did you hear she thinks she invented the New York Times?

[MrJoyboy]

Why the relentless pounding of Maureen Dowd on this site? Her columns are funny and entertaining. She sees through the pomposities of all politicians, which I'll admit is a bit like shooting fish in a barrel, but still fun.

[GQB]

Because she values 'clever' over integrity.
She'll not hesitate to stab anyone in the back for a clever column.
Remember that she was one of the leaders of the torches and pitchforks brigade that pumped the 'Gore says he invented the internet' bullshit.

[popworld7]

Correct.

[JustAMinuteSweetie]

I don't think anyone west of the Hudson River gives a rat about what she has to say and even less even know who she is.

[Trittydi]

I'm glad for the fans that she's out there - personally I just haven't been able to respect her as a writer. She has seriously rubbed me the wrong way for years. Although I can admit she can be brilliant, her style leaves me less than cold.
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[swoosie1]

Maureen, your recent columns have been about as predictable as your monthly Botox injections----same old lines...

[AurigaRa]

she's way past her due date (and I dont mean her age)

Full of herself and hot air.

[useyourbrain]

She is like the Southern Belle who has bats in her Belle-fry. She has always depended on the kindness of strangers and is a bit long in the tooth to be the flirt that she is. She cannot stand any other strong woman and that's why her rants on HRC were so out of place, over the top and shameful.

She would make up scenarios of what Hillary was thinking or might be doing and then commented on it as if it were fact.

She needs to go home to the Plantation, sit on the porch with her mint juleps and mutter about life as it passes her by. The NYT can do better.

[TheEmptinessOfTruthiness]

The New York Times is a proud supporter of the Democratic Party. This statement is:

A) not true in the least

B) ancient history

C) still held to be so by some old-time loyal supporters

D) a Trojan Horse for the neocons

Answer: All of the above.

[panchovilla]

If I had a chance, I'd tell Maureen Dowd the same thing that grandpa Edwin (Alan Arkin) told Olive (Abigail Breslin) in Little Miss Sunshine:

"I'm madly in love with you -- and it's not because of your brains or your personality."