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Newsjock

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Wed Apr 30, 2014, 01:15 AM Apr 2014

Maureen Dowd: 'Stop whining, Mr. President'

Source: New York Times
By Maureen Dowd

Stop whining, Mr. President. And stop whiffing.

... We understand that it’s frustrating. You’re dealing with some really evil guys and some really nutty pols, and the problems roiling the world now are brutally hard. As the Republican strategist Mike Murphy says, it’s not like the campaign because you have “bigger problems than a will.i.am song can fix.”

But that being said, you are the American president. And the American president should not perpetually use the word “eventually.” And he should not set a tone of resignation with references to this being a relay race and say he’s willing to take “a quarter of a loaf or half a loaf,” and muse that things may not come “to full fruition on your timetable.”

... Mr. President, don’t you know that we’re speeched out? It’s not what we need right now.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/opinion/dowd-is-barry-whiffing.html

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Maureen Dowd: 'Stop whining, Mr. President' (Original Post) Newsjock Apr 2014 OP
maureen dowd is still around ? JI7 Apr 2014 #1
We need the unrec button back. Brigid Apr 2014 #2
She's nothing more than a professional troll. nt Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #3
Stop writing, Maureen Dowd. TwilightGardener Apr 2014 #4
For. The. WIN! ucrdem Apr 2014 #5
Maureen Dowd, cubicle rat from hell ucrdem Apr 2014 #6
Facepalm. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #7
I've seen Ms. Dowd speak. blogslut Apr 2014 #8
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