Posted on 10/04/2006 10:09:30 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
October 4, 2006 - 07:35
It's a shame Audie Murphy isn't around. Maureen Dowd might finally have met her soul mate.
You've surely noticed the phenomenon. When it comes to candidates, the Democrats love the military. From Mr. 'Reporting for Duty,' to a crop of Iraq and Afghanistan campaign veterans running in recent election cycles, the party of McGovern likes to combat its anti-war image by running the roughest, toughest GIs and jarheads it can find.
And woe to the Republican who hasn't served. Dems will deride him as a chicken hawk or worse. Maureen Dowd's pay-per-view column of this morning offers a good example of the syndrome. In the course of her broadside against Henry Kissinger, Dowd writes:
"Thirty-five years later, Mr. Kissinger, the consummate fawner, was once more able to sway a president with faux deference. Dr. K encouraged W. to play the tough guy on the war, even though he’d never gone to war himself."
Just whom did Dowd mean to demean? Who was it that Dowd claimed had "never gone to war himself" - Kissinger or Bush? At first, as a matter of pure parsing, I assumed Maureen meant to malign Kissinger. But I was virtually certain the Kissinger had served in WWII, and a quick Googling confirmed that Kissinger had been drafted in 1943 and served beyond the end of the war, including, ironically, service as an Occupation officer of the very German town from which as a child his family had fled to escape anti-Jewish persecution.
So either Dowd was flat-out mistaken, or, as seems likely on reflection, she was referring to Pres. Bush. Now it's true that W never went to Vietnam. But by the same token, he famously served in the Texas Air National Guard. The president-to-be trained to fly the missile-equipped supersonic F-102 Delta Dart jet interceptor fighter, racking up about 300 hours of flight time. War zone? No. Dangerous duty? Mos def.
Dowd was surely part of the anti-Vietnam war crowd [full disclosure: so was I at the time]. But mere risky service in the National Guard ain't good enough for Mo. This is one lady who definitely likes her men macho.
Finkelstein lives in the liberal haven of Ithaca, NY. View webcasts of Mark's award-winning TV show 'Right Angle' here. Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net
Maureen Dowd/NewsBusters macho-man ping to Today show list.
i thought she was whining about not getting any...
While she truly has a revolting personality, I'd hit it. I'm not sayin' I'd talk to her or call her the next day, but I'd hit it.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
no way would I hit it - i don't wanna catch hoof 'n mouth, fleas, the crud, or whatever she has.
IBOCZJPF!!!
You would sedate her first?
LOL.
By the way, do you by any chance have a parrot? As I type this, my little lovebird Tukki, is literally perched on my fingers!
Once again, more pretzel logic from Ms. Dowd.
If the only people who can offer an opinion on the Iraq War are veterans, or military folk currently deployed there, or back here in the US after a tour in Iraq, then I suggest that 70% of those people would favor the war effort.
This chicken hawk business is nonsense. This logic maintains that, if I've never been to Italy, I cannot offer an opinion on Italian cuisine.
Maureen, you ignorant slut.
President Bush has gone to war himself he is the Commander-in-chief in war time..
You would sedate her first?
What I'm picturing involves me listening to my MP3 player while doing the act.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
I have notoriously low standards for casual sex but I wouldn't touch that... :\
I only clicked in on this one for the CZJ photos. Guess I wasted my time.
Sorry, it's not allowed.
The white smoke coming out of her butt means she has elected herself Pope.
Come back a little later. She'll be here.
Darn it!
Forgot the picture which explains my post:
Sorry, it's not allowed.
The white smoke coming out of her butt means she has elected herself Pope.
Would anyone actually pay to read her drivel?
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