Dowd: Surrender Already, Dorothy

[RamboLiberal]

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Democrats are coming around to the point Jay Rockefeller made 10 days ago after introducing Obama in West Virginia: “Democrats always make a mistake by nominating people who know everything on earth there is to know about public policy. I introduced both Al Gore and John Kerry at their rallies. They knew all the policies, but people didn’t connect with them. You don’t get elected president if people don’t like you.”

Despite Bill Clinton’s saying it was “a bunch of bull” that his wife should drop out, Democrats are trying to sneak up on Hillary, throw a burlap sack over her head, carry her off the field and stick her in a Saddam spider hole until after the Denver convention.

One Obama adviser moaned that the race was “beginning to feel like a hostage crisis” and would probably go on for another month to six weeks. And Obama said that the “God, when will this be over?” primary season was like “a good movie that lasted about a half an hour too long.”

Hillary sunnily riposted that she likes long movies. Her favorite as a girl was “The Wizard of Oz,” so surely she spots the “Surrender Dorothy” sign in the sky and the bad portent of the ladies of “The View” burbling to Obama about how sexy he is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30dowd.html?ref=opinion

[Skittles]

1. Skittles: Fuck off already, Maureen n/t

[Nitrogenica]

2. OMG "Hostage Crisis"

That sticks.

[trumad]

3. Fuck Dowd

Ho personified.

[selador]

9. r u KIDDING ME?

why is it acceptable to refer to maureen dowd as a "HO" merely because you disagree with her

so ironic that the HRC supporters who are SO quick to call the sexism card at the slightest criticism of their candidate, will resort to calling dowd a HO?!?!?!? because you don't agree with her (quite reasonable fwiw) assessment

i'm not saying you are getting all imus and stuff, but god the irony is so thick you could cut it with a ladle

fwiw, one of things i actually very much respect HRC for *is* her wonkishness. no matter what you think about her in other areas, she is a very intelligent and even more so INFORMED person. there are a lot of things you can criticize her for, but not knowing the issues is not one of them.

she's smart and she's knowledgeable

[earthlover]

11. well put...the irony and hypocrisy is rife!

[trumad]

12. You're obviously a political newbie so I'll forgive you for your ignorance

Calling a reporter a Ho doesn't mean they're a Spitzer Ho, it's means they are a Media Ho.

You obviously know nothing about Dowd and her history of media Ho'ness so I'll provide you a link to the great Bob Somersby to help educate you about Mo the Ho.

http://www.google.com/custom?q=dowd&sa=Google+Search&cof=AH%3Acenter%3BAWFID%3Ac32a032061318778%3B&domains=dailyhowler.com&sitesearch=dailyhowler.com

[Berry Cool]

13. I wouldn't find Bob Somersby convincing.

From what I can see, he thinks everyone in the MSM is a ho. Actually, he thinks everyone but HIM is a ho.

[trumad]

17. wow---brilliant reply

did you even read what he wrote about dowd. Nah, you're too fucking lazy for the truth.

[MannyGoldstein]

4. STFU MoDo

The Clintons should stay in this thing until every single American is sufficiently appalled. The Clintons are sociopaths, and it's about time that everyone realized it.

[sandnsea]

5. Sometimes details are what's required

Such as, there are only 8 states left and she only has a chance to win 3.

No amount of snark will get it through people's heads quicker than - only three states? Yeah. Three.

[question everything]

6. Ever since I found out that the Dowd won her Pulitzer by chronicling Monica

I take anything she has to say about either Bill or Hillary with a fistful of salt.

This may as well be written by Oprah.

[grytpype]

7. Hillary is not going to be the nominee, she needs to drop out.

The last straw she's clinging to is "anything could possibly happen at the convention." Sure, the Dems could nominate Denis Kucinich with Lenora Fulani as his running mate. And monkeys might fly out of my ass. So what. Enough of the sideshow, she needs to go so we can focus on beating McCain. Every week that goes by hurts our chances.

[Doctor_J]

8. Here is what puzzles me about this article

how the hell does MoDo still have a job?

I wish Joan Rivers would retire so Maureen could take her job

:shrug:

[Joe Bacon]

10. Whoreen is stuck in a rut.

Really, who else could get away with endlessly recycling Hillary hatred? OOPS, forgot about the rest of the Whore Press.

[ljm2002]

14. Oh stuff it Maureen...

...and I'm not even a Hillary supporter.

I am sick and tired of people telling her to drop out. Why the hell should she? She has fought a long and hard campaign, and it's not as though it's sewn up one way or the other. Yes, Barack has the advantage right now. Yes, Hillary's best hope is a modern variant of back-room politics (which is how I see the superdelegates). But so what? That's politics, that's how it's played.

If she was farther behind I might feel differently. But this "for the good of the party" stuff is nonsense. It would appear that the party is pretty evenly divided right now between the two candidates who are left standing. Why should either one of them concede and thereby reduce their influence at the convention?

Also, it seems to me that the closeness of the race, the going back and forth of wins between the two of them, has served to galvanize Democratic voters who continue to register and turn out in droves. Which can only help us at GE time.

[Baby Snooks]

15. I think Maureen needs to watch Wizard of Oz again...

Hillary isn't Dorothy. She's the wicked witch. Quick. Someone. Grab the bucket of water!

[Irishonly]

16. The who would you rather have a beer with girl strikes again

I can't remember if she originiated it, but she did everything she could to destroy Gore and nothing she writes matters to me. I hold a terrible grudge. Can't stand her.