Maureen Dowd: Selfless Hillary

Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | April 3,2008 | Dowd

[learner]

NEW YORK - Democrats getting jittery about the alienating effects of the endless soap opera they call their campaign should buck up. These "hand-wringers," as the Hillary strategist Harold Ickes calls them, are not seeing the larger picture.

[Izzy Dunne]

Hillary is cruelly misunderstood, and she deserves more credit for her benevolence. Not only does she have a lot in common with Rocky, as she said on Tuesday in Philadelphia. She has a lot in common with another famous cultural character -- the Marschallin in Strauss' comic opera "Der Rosenkavalier."

Oh, gag me with a typewriter, why dontcha.

I can't tell if this is satire or not - Mo seems so serious about it.

Hillary is in this to "give O'bama more seasoning"?

Pu-leeze.

[Izzy Dunne]

If she had not fibbed about the Tuzla airport landing, and then fibbed to get out of a fib, the press would have stayed focused on Rev. Wright. She has been an invaluable lightning rod.

GUFFAW!

She raised the Tuzla BS to take the heat off O'bama and Wright.

Yeah, I believe that.

[perez24]

I don’t think she’s clever enough for actual satire, but it is sarcasm.

[rockprof]

St. Hillary.

What a load of B.S.

[Eurale]

MoDo is a drooling idiot.

[Izzy Dunne]

But the ultimate favor Hillary can do for the Illinois freshman is to fight him full-out until the finale and then gracefully release him so he can find happiness with another.

OK, now I'm gonna hurl for sure.

[gridlock]

[Joe Boucher]

Ms. Dowd aint got nothing on this babe.

[Coldwater Creek]

As someone else said this morning “Rocky lost to a handsome black man” Maybe this will be the common denominator.

[nikos1121]

God, please spare us....You must be kidding... I’m not reading anymore this morning....this killed it for me...

[Puppage]

Benevolence

Main Entry: be·nev·o·lence

Pronunciation: \bə-ˈnev-lən(t)s, -ˈne-və-\

Function: noun

Date: 14th century

1: disposition to do good

2 a: an act of kindness b: a generous gift

3: a compulsory levy by certain English kings with no other authority than the claim of prerogative

Yeah, THAT sums her up perfectly. NOT!

[CJ Wolf]

[VRWCmember]

I for one appreciate the selflessness of Mo Dowd, penning these idiotic screeds just so I can see sexy pictures of Catherine Zeta Jones.

[Rummyfan]

I for one appreciate the selflessness of Mo Dowd, penning these idiotic screeds just so I can see sexy pictures of Catherine Zeta Jones.

Me too!!!!

[PGalt]

I for one appreciate the selflessness of Mo Dowd, penning these idiotic screeds just so I can see sexy pictures of Catherine Zeta Jones.

I too, appreciate the idiocy of MoDo.

[rockrr]

Mo-reen talks purtier than a $2 whore (too bad she don’t look as good...;’}

[NY.SS-Bar9]

OK, I’m clueless (just ask anyone)

What is the relationship between Mo and CZJ?

[Inspectorette]

As someone else said this morning “Rocky lost to a handsome black man” Maybe this will be the common denominator.

Ah yes - the magnificent Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) - what a gorgeous hunk he was!

[Enchante]

"I for one appreciate the selflessness of Mo Dowd, penning these idiotic screeds just so I can see sexy pictures of Catherine Zeta Jones."

Ah, yes, the one redeeming feature of Mo Dowd's otherwise miserable and worthless existence..... she helps to bring us many tasty images of the always delectable Catherine Zeta-Jones!

Never let it be said that Mo Dowd is incapable of arousing excitement in red-blooded healthy males...... by providing us with photos of her rival.

[Enchante]

Mo Dowd once briefly dated Michael Douglas, just before he cruelly tossed her aside like a used Kleenex, to take up with the delicious CZJ. She has been consumed with envy and rage ever since (we imagine) and ever Mo Dowd column on FR gets to be accompanied by photos of CZJ in sexy attire.

[fightinJAG]

MoDo is doing what she does best-—the knife in the back, then wiggle it.

This whole piece absolutely skewers the Hildabeast, and with excellent skill.

MoDo is an Obama woman all the way and that focus has helped her get her zing back in her writing.

[fightinJAG]

MoDo hates, hates, hates Hildy. And she’s pointing out what a selfish witch Hildy is, who-—far from advancing her own campaign-—is continually doing stupid shiite that only rebounds to Obama’s favor.

[MinuteGal]

This is one of the dumbest columns I've ever read. Tedious, lackluster and murky to read. And she's syndicated?....and she gets paid big bucks for this drivel?

And, to boot, here's an example from the article of her syntax...."The Marschallin is a princess married to a Viennese field marshal who has a dangerous liason with a younger man, Count Octavian".

This would be quite a surprise to Richard Strauss.

Leni

[kalee]

The winner wins, even if it’s only by a fraction of a percentage point or one Supreme Court justice. Winning has no margin of error, as the Democrats should have learned by now.

Every dem should read this.

[khenrich]

Hillary can certainly teach Obama the seamy side of politics, and also how to parlay his position to gains millions of dollars.

She certainly can’t teach him how to run an honest campaign.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Thank you.

From now on, I will do my part and post any Mo D material I come across.

[The Great RJ]

I think Hillary has more in common with Baron Von Munchhausen, Lady Macbeth and Machiavelli.

[Snardius]

Hillary's work is done only when she is done, because the best way for Obama to prove he's ready to stare down Ahmadinejad is by putting away someone even tougher

Oh please...Hillary isn't close to that tough...she's simply a cold, hard, bully, megalomaniac.