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Little R-S-P-E-C-T [Dowd]
NYT ^
| March 8th, 2014
| Maureen Dowd
Posted on 03/09/2014 7:55:08 AM PDT by Third Person
WASHINGTON IF you cant spell it, you cant get it.
President Obama pulled a Quayle Thursday night at a White House performance by the women of soul and muffed the title of Aretha Franklins anthem. R-S-P-E-C-T, he said, looking a bit confused and eliciting laughter.
When Patti LaBelle took the stage, she told Obama, Baby, youve got swag.
Swag and respect are exactly what the president needs. Hes got a swag gap with Russia. His administration, after belatedly figuring out what was going on in Ukraine, is improvising as the uber-swaggering Vladimir Putin once more rolls in with tanks anywhere he likes.
But the president is severely constrained in how he can respond, given that the Europeans are reluctant to be very punitive because theyre worried about their energy supplies and have to play nice with the bully on their borders.
Hes doing what seems appropriate at this point putting a ban on U.S. visas, imposing financial sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for Russias invasion of Crimea, and trying to horse-whisper the Botoxed, bare-chested man on horseback whose eyes read K.G.B., as John McCain likes to say.
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To: P-Marlowe
Good points. I’m a white guy and I can hear Aretha singing that line (R-E-S-P-E-C-T) but then, I’m American.
To: Third Person
Maybe he needs to begin again, something easier?
Perhaps: There was a farmer, had a dog and BINGO was his name-OH, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O...
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03/09/2014 10:21:10 AM PDT
by
BigIsleGal
(Wake Me Up When the Stupid Wears Off)
To: EEGator
Thank you, sir. May I have another?
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posted on
03/09/2014 10:59:29 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(SAE)
To: shove_it
I don't see why not...
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posted on
03/09/2014 11:24:13 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Third Person
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posted on
03/09/2014 1:55:36 PM PDT
by
kanawa
To: EEGator; G Larry
Get with the program, Larry. Another FR rule is that when Helen Thomas' name is mentioned, a picture must be posted to remind other Freepers to use their eye bleach immediately after seeing an example of Leftist beauty.
I follow these rules. So must you.
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03/10/2014 3:12:07 AM PDT
by
submarinerswife
(Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
To: EEGator
Catherine Zeta Jones. Michael Douglas left Maureen Dowd for Jones.
People should also keep in mind the larger Dowd/Douglas/Jones story that was/is at play.
Back during the Lewinsky mess Dowd really came out hard at Bill Clinton. I mean, some of her articles were really scathing. At the time she was much more prominent and influential as a columnist than she is today.
The Clinton War Machine saw her as a major threat, given her influence within Dem politics. But they couldn't really go negative and take her out using their usual means (politics of personal destruction). So, in the greatest acting gig of his career they threw Michael Douglas (at his peak following "The American President") at her.
Douglas was brilliant in the role. Dowd fell for it hook/line/sinker, and suddenly her articles came decidedly back to spouting the pro-Clinton line. But it was just a role; Douglas dropped her like the proverbial hot potato once Clinton was "safe" and went for a MUCH better (aka hotter) POA.
That really messed Dowd up. People should go read her man-hating pieces from after the breakup. Basically they came down to "Rich, successful older women want rich successful older guys. But rich successful older guys are shallow/egotistical/self-absorbed/evil/etc and only want young hot women. It's SOOOOOO UNFAAAAIIIIRRRRR!!!!"
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