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Maureen Dowd on Donald & Bill's friendship... (Original Post) kpete Nov 2016 OP
Bill isn't running for President, and Dowd is just a hack still_one Nov 2016 #1
Still so bitter and so jealous. dalton99 Nov 2016 #2
Dowd has been working to elect Republicans since at least 2000 Orrex Nov 2016 #3
"Earth Tones" emulatorloo Nov 2016 #4
Fuck Dowd BainsBane Nov 2016 #5
That was my first thought as well! redstateblues Nov 2016 #6
I haven't taken Maureen seriously since she trashed the way Gore dressed Skittles Nov 2016 #7
This just makes Donald look like the grifter he is. Avalux Nov 2016 #8
It's really a pretty good article, for Dowd. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #9

Orrex

(63,201 posts)
3. Dowd has been working to elect Republicans since at least 2000
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 11:20 AM
Nov 2016

Doing everything in her pseudo-journalistic power to ridicule and undermine the Democratic presidential candidates, she's simply continuing the trend that has put money in her pocket.


She's worthless.

emulatorloo

(44,115 posts)
4. "Earth Tones"
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 11:22 AM
Nov 2016
Maureen Dowd, meet Maureen Dowd
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2010/10/18/maureen-dowd-meet-maureen-dowd/172106

Quote from dailyhowler in that article:

"In the past decade, Dowd has relentlessly "belittled the manhood" of a long string of Democratic pols. (Needless to say, this includes "Obambi," the "diffident debutante" who reminded Dowd of Scarlett O'Hara. Al Gore was "so feminized he was practically lactating.&quot She has made endless snide remarks about various major pols' hair. (Endlessly, John Edwards was ridiculed as "the Breck Girl." She wrote at least seven columns which revolved around Gore's bald spot.) And no fashion show ever got more play than Gore's alleged switch to earth tones, an invented theme Dowd was happy to pimp, often in the columns where she imagined Gore fussing about The Spot as he looked into a mirror."

Skittles

(153,147 posts)
7. I haven't taken Maureen seriously since she trashed the way Gore dressed
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 11:49 AM
Nov 2016

she was loony then and she is loony now

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
8. This just makes Donald look like the grifter he is.
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 11:51 AM
Nov 2016

He only wanted to be close to Bill Clinton to help himself. Bill was smart enough to not buy into the 'friendship'.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,673 posts)
9. It's really a pretty good article, for Dowd.
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 11:54 AM
Nov 2016

Yes, she snarks a bit at the Clintons but she saves most of her digs for Trump. The gist of it is that Trump was always New York's most avid social climber but was never really accepted, and now he's probably ruined his "brand" permanently - and nobody who's anybody will want to be seen with him.

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