Dowd Reinforces Rush on Hillary Looks

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Talk about the dog that didn't bark . . .

As soon as I realized that Maureen Dowd's column of today, "Rush to Judgment" was indeed about Rush Limbaugh's recent observations about Hillary's looks, I braced myself for the backlash.

Surely Dowd would seek to unload on Rush for having said, in commenting on an unflattering photo of Hillary [displayed here] that turned up on Drudge, "will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?” Added Rush “men aging makes them look more authoritative, accomplished, distinguished. Sadly, it’s not that way for women, and they will tell you.” And Hillary “is not going to want to look like she’s getting older, because it will impact poll numbers, it will impact perceptions [so] there will have to be steps taken to avoid the appearance of aging.” Story Continues Below Ad ↓

And so I continued to read, and wait, and wait -- for the comeback that never came. To the contrary, Dowd seconded Rush's read, added some analysis of her own of Hillary's looks . . . and ended with a hit on Hillary rougher than anything Rush had said.

Excerpts [emphasis added]:

[samtheman]

Hell hath no fury like a skank scorned by a skank.

[NeoCaveman]

OK, so Dowd has a crush on El Rushbo....

[AlphaOneAlpha]

“Hillary could use all this hubub about her looks by saying she doesn’t hide anything...”

Yeah, except those still missing Rose Law Firm billing records..............

[org.whodat]

Her problem is you cannot use it everyday!

[No Surrender No Retreat]

Good Morning Fweingart,
The Arkansas (trailer park) trash emulates her true persona a “TOE”.(Thing Of Evil)

Respectfully,
NSNR

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

The public still has no idea of what part of her is stage-managed and focus-grouped, and what part is legit

Ha. It's all stage-managed and it's not even subtle.

[MortMan]

Maureen Dowd and Rush Limbaugh agreeing on something... The world must be at its end!

[billhilly]

‘why surprises? she was very tough on Bill during the Clinton years.......she is no Clinton fan, period. apparently memories dim.”

Maybe you have missed the endless comparisons of Maureen here on FR to Catherine Zeta Jones. We don’t live in a one dimensional world.

[NeoCaveman]

Hillary doesn’t have to worry about her face. She has to worry about her mask. Back in the ’92 race, Clinton pollsters devised strategies to humanize her and make her seem more warm and maternal. Fifteen years later, her campaign is devising strategies to humanize her and make her seem more warm and maternal.

Wow. That's good. And it's from Dowd...

[Tarpon]

That’s funny. The Liberals must see Hillary Matters as the dead horse in the race.

[bird4four4]

[BluH2o]

Maureen Dowd is simply expressing what her liberal NY Upper
West Side cohorts already know ... Hillary, if nominated, would virtually assure the GOP a victory next November. Maureen Dowd is in self preservation mode ...

[pookie18]

If her looks offend you, vote for someone else! Or was it my caption that you didn't like ;-)

[silent_jonny]

Maureen looks like a supermodel compared to Hillary :)

[silent_jonny]

Thanks for giving us the small version of that photo, Mark ;)

[silent_jonny]

Is that real?

Wow ... glad I haven't had breakfast yet.

[pookie18]

That’s where her cadre of plastic surgeons come in...

[live+let_live]

Like or not how you look matters.

If God himself ran for President looking like a 5’6” bald, Steve Forbes, he couldn’t get elected.

[randita]

People who smile frequently age much more gracefully than those who do not.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

If this is not Dowd, then the only purpose of it is to divert discussion from Hillary

There is a pleasant 'rule' on FR that in threads discussing Dowd, A picture of the lovely actress Ms Catherine Zeta-Jones, must be printed. I don't know where this rule came from, but I'm glad to see it being observed.