Maureen Dowd often serves one of two purposes
1. to get the conventional wisdom of the ruling class out
2. to confirm the conventional wisdom for the ruling class by repeating it
Looks like we have the official wrapper of how Kerik's story will be dismissal will be packaged
Bernard Kerik and his old pal Rudy Giuliani had the good luck to have Mr. Kerik’s corruption indictment handed up after the TV zone of ridicule was blacked out.
“I shudder to think what’s happening to all the kids who keep in touch with world news by listening to reports of late-night comedians,” said David Thomson, the film historian.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/opinion/11dowd.html?n=Top/Opinion/Editorials%20and%20Op-Ed/Op-Ed/Columnists/Maureen%20Dowd