Obama and Dalai Lama: Why Israel Worries about U.S. President Oct 20, 2009
Even liberal New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd was disturbed by the president's snubbing of the Dalai Lama ... Location: IL Reply # 1 Date: Oct 20, 2009 - 5:21 AM EST Obama And DaLAI LAMA Awkward as a word used by Maureen Dowd is as far out for her when speaking about Obama as we can ever expect from this man-hater of the Eastern set of the extreme Left. (Townhall.com)
Award-Winning Broadcaster Bob Edwards Marks Five Years On Sirius XM Radio Oct 13, 2009
Some of Edwards' guests have included: Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker; Ralph Nader; renowned historian Simon Schama; Mike Wallace; singer/songwriter Bonnie Raitt; New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd; basketball coach Phil Jackson; President Jimmy Carter; actor Adrien Brody; singer Jennifer Hudson; and director Ron Howard. David Broder, political columnist of The Washington Post, joins Bob live on the program every Friday to discuss politics. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Free-For-All: The New Business Model Oct 12, 2009
After offering a free Web site, the Times put its popular columnists like Maureen Dowd behind the so-called "pay wall." Readers wouldn't pay, and the Times was forced to make its site free again. But its online edition is still struggling to make a profit, while its print edition continues to lose readers and bleed ad revenue. (CBS News)
Wordsmith Safire: His politics were old school Oct 1, 2009
WASHINGTON -- During the Clinton impeachment circus, I walked by William Safire's lair. He had an imposing office in "murderers' row," as he dubbed the hall where we worked, full of English antiques, Oriental rugs and a couple old ties he kept for those rare moments when he needed one. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Infinite Loop Oct 1, 2009
A more apt subtitle for the book might have been "Wrestling with the president to get back to the point." During his conversations with Branch, Clinton would sometimes stick to the chronicle and sometimes rage or ramble about whatever was on his mindBosnia, golf, Maureen Dowd, golf, the Razorbacks, Ken Starr, golf, and the bottomless category of miscellaneous but irrelevant. I did not know that Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, has a higher proportion of trees to landmass than any national capital... (Slate)
Dowd: William Safire: A conservative, but not in today's howling mode Oct 1, 2009
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How Bill Clinton Gave Us George W. Bush Sep 25, 2009
The book includes quotes from and references to all the usual suspects, most of whom are still alive: Joe Klein, Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich, and Dinesh D Souza, among others. (For some reason, globalization guru Tom Friedman doesn t make the list. (The American Conservative)
I think it's important to realise that I was actually black before the election. Sep 25, 2009
The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd claimed she could hear the unspoken word ''boy'' on Wilson's lips as he heckled the President - which says more about her inner life than Wilson's. "what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: 'You lie, boy!' Some people just can't believe a black man is president and will never accept it.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Generational Racism is Old and Tired Sep 23, 2009
Dave Letterman is 62, Nancy Pelosi is 69, Maureen Dowd is 57, and Al Sharpton is 54. These are the people and theirs is the generation who are teaching Americas youth how to be racist in 2009. (Townhall.com)
8 comments Sep 23, 2009
I'm sure New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and former President Jimmy Carter derive a great deal of self-satisfaction slandering other people with false charges of racism, but the damage they're doing to race relations is worse than any bona fide racist could dream of doing ... I also wonder how Maureen Dowd, absent some strain of perversion in her thinking, can hear "You lie, boy!" in Rep. (Human Events Online)
Blue is the new black Sep 22, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Women are getting unhappier, I told my friend Carl. "How can you tell?" he deadpanned. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
There You Go Again, Jimmy Sep 21, 2009
Columnist Maureen Dowd has written in her column that racism was implied in Rep. Joe Wilson s ill-advised you lie moment. (Human Events Online)
Political Class Ignoring at Their Peril Sep 21, 2009
Later, former president Jimmy Carter said racism is behind the rhetoric of President Obamas critics; New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd opined similarly. Here is the problem with that: Pull out the race card, and the conversation ends. (Townhall.com)
Inside the Mission to Take Down ACORN Sep 19, 2009
Washington Post: Duo in Sting Videos Say Their Effort Was Independent. Newly-released video captures employees from the social activist organization ACORN allegedly advising people posing as prostitutes and pimps how to cheat on taxes. (CBS News -- US)
FOXNEWS Ad Draws Protests... Sep 19, 2009
And the reason he won't is because Carter, Maureen Dowd, and other liberals who are accusing the right of being racist are helping him. Playing the race card - at the moment - is politically profitable for the president. (The Drudge Report)
Dowd and Carter Guilty of That Which They Decry Sep 18, 2009
I'm sure New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and former President Jimmy Carter derive a great deal of self-satisfaction slandering other people with false charges of racism, but the damage they're doing to race relations is worse than any bona fide racist could dream of doing. I ask you: Who is more likely racist, the person who sees race every time she turns around or the person who aspires toward colorblindness. (Townhall.com)
Obama and racism Sep 18, 2009
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd said that, '' fair or not, what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: You lie, boy. Adding fuel to the charge of racism was former president Jimmy Carter, who said that: ''I think that an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity towards Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man the racism inclination bubbled up because of a belief among many white people that African Americans are not qualified to lead... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
This Is Not About Race Sep 18, 2009
Writing in the New York Times, acid-pen columnist Maureen Dowd suggested that race was at the heart of growing public opposition to Obama's liberal agenda. "Some people just can't believe a black man is president and will never accept it," she said. (Townhall.com)
When Did Opposition Become 'Racism'? Sep 18, 2009
The New York Times' Maureen Dowd writes that when she heard Wilson say "You lie" she felt as if, "fair or not," she heard him say: You lie, boy. Georgia Democrat Rep. (Townhall.com)
What Exactly Is Joe Wilson Nostalgic About? Sep 17, 2009
Now you want Maureen Dowd and Rahm Emmanuel to show civility to Joe Wilson. Trying to draw some sort of moral equivalence between Joe Wilson's actions and the speaking style of a potty-mouthed chief of staff and the writing style of wicked-tongued columnist is a bit of stretch. (Slate)
Prejudging Prejudice Sep 17, 2009
If you want to know what Wilson almost said, go to Google news and write: Maureen Dowd. Don't say I sent you. (Townhall.com)
Wilson, West Prove that Rude Isn't Racial Sep 16, 2009
Of all the absurd accusations being tossed around in the wake of Congressman Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's address to Congress last week, the most ridiculous is that of New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd (surprise, surprise) and others, who have accused Wilson of being a racist. Dowd's accusations were the most inflammatory, since she decided to create additional words out of thin air, saying that she "heard" Wilson say, "You lie, boy!," something he never said, and a word... (Townhall.com)
Obama's Anger Weakens Him, and Us Sep 14, 2009
In the New York Times, the reliably hysterical Maureen Dowd accuses Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) of racism in his shout out to Obama during the congressional speech. (Human Events Online)
Free swim Sunday Sep 14, 2009
Cheerleaders on the left are beginning to urge him, in the words of Maureen Dowd, to be more Rocky, less Spocky. Read more. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Conservatism's Exaggerated Death Sep 4, 2009
Still, it is amusing for Tanenhaus to denounce Kristol for having "debased" precious Times space by advancing a narrow political agenda given the daily diet of seething contempt for all things Republican and conservative served up by Tanenhaus's editorial-page colleagues at the Times, and by the paper's star op-ed columnists Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd, and Bob Herbert. Tanenhaus's partisan and polemical condemnation of conservative partisanship and polemics will drive away... (CBS News -- Opinion)
LETTER: Town halls attended by freedom-loving Americans Aug 29, 2009
to Maureen Dowd of the New York Times for that last extra-special, racially discriminatory definition ... Unfortunately for this administration, they didn t count on the so-called frail elders or so eloquently put by Maureen Dowd older, white malcontents (very warm and fuzzy) to give them a run for their money. (Beverly Citizen, MA)
Can 'Frozen Chosen' learn to share church building? Aug 22, 2009
Columnist Maureen Dowd wrote in "Toilet paper barricades" (Aug. 14), "[T]he art of talking, listening, and ascertaining the truth seems more elusive than ever, leaving us lost in a bitter stream of blather and misinformation.". (NJ.com -- Times)
'Keep flapping,' Sarah Aug 18, 2009
MAUREEN DOWD: Sarah grabs Hillary's grievance bag. WASHINGTON -- The woman who was prematurely counted in is out. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The One Lesson Democrats Never Learn Aug 18, 2009
In an interview with CNNs Wolf Blitzer, former Clinton strategist Paul Begala Joining Mr. Begala in the verbal tirade is the always interminable Maureen Dowd of the New York Times who, continuing with her increasingly eerie fixation with all-things Sarah Palin, dubbed the Governor dizzy and, previously, batty and one nutty puppy. . (Townhall.com)
The Brits outpouring of ilovetheNHS is compelling Aug 14, 2009
Downstairs, Jay; YOU will be remembered as the Dollar Store Maureen Dowd, IF YOU ARE LUCKY. You are a liberal lackey who finds himself seeing their dream president and their dream congress going down the toilet. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The week that was the Clinton show Aug 9, 2009
In The New York Times, Maureen Dowd saw the episode as one more instance of Mr Clinton hogging the spotlight, shoving aside Mr Obama and his own wife. Just as Hillary muscled her way back into the spotlight, moving past her broken elbow and grabbing the focus from her bevy of peacock envoys, she was blown off the radar screen again by an even more powerful envoy: the one she lives with,'' Dowd wrote. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Libs still spinning around Aug 7, 2009
Search brisbanetimes. The Opposition is in disarray, its leader failing to connect with voters - and then there's the problem of Costello. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Consider all sides Jul 24, 2009
And Maureen Dowd in her chic, feline mewings, and Molly Ivins, in her "aw shucks" Texas homilies, are not about to refrain from their own verbal character assassinations. And I, sincere to the bone, just love hearing and using raucous, adversarial adjectives. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Thank You, Sarah Palin Jul 23, 2009
What right do the likes of Maureen Dowd and her ilk have to continue their mean-spirited attempts to besmirch and tarnish Palins success in politics by their scornful attacks on her and her family. She is beautiful and accomplished, has a hunk of a manly-man as a husband, and lovely children, but the media elites continue on a warpath of ridicule and derision. (Townhall.com)
Talking Points Jul 17, 2009
Enter "New York Times" columnist Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer Prize winner for her columns excoriating President Clinton ... In her "White Man's Last Stand" column, Maureen Dowd writes, "President Obama wants Sotomayor naturally to bring a fresh perspective to the court. It was a disgrace that President Bush appointed two white men to a court stocked with white men." ... I hope everybody reads Maureen Dowd's entire column which I posted on billoreilly. (Fox News)
Curt Smith: Palin a symbol more than a candidate Jul 14, 2009
Maureen Dowd scored one nutty puppy. Ellen Goodman ripped a mid-life meltdown. (Medfield Press, MA)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Jul 14, 2009
Her resignation sparked a fresh round of criticism from the mainstream media, including this now infamous analysis from New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd ... SCOTT: And you have pointed out in the past, Jane, that female columnists like Maureen Dowd were particularly tough on Sarah Palin. (Fox News)
Why does Palin bother progressives so much? Jul 13, 2009
By DENNIS CLAYSON, For The Courier Who would the New York Times' Maureen Dowd describe last week as having "erratic and egotistic behavior". Was it President Barack Obama, who appears to have an ego larger than what can be contained within the constitutional limits of a mere superpower. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Palin Already a Bestseller Jul 10, 2009
Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. Maybe there s another red Naughty Monkey high heel to drop -- there s often a hidden twist in Sarah s country-music melodramas. (Human Events Online)
Newsweek: Does unconscious plagiarism really exist? Jul 9, 2009
But could some alleged plagiaristslike Maureen Dowd, Chris Anderson, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, and even Viswanathan, who all either deny the charge, or blame their copying on unconscious mistakesbe guilty of psychological sloppiness rather than fraud. Could the real offense be disregard for the mind's subliminal kleptomania. (MSNBC -- Health)
MAUREEN DOWD: Just try following Palin's logic, I dare you Jul 9, 2009
By Maureen Dowd Text Size ... Maureen Dowd is a columnist with the New York Times Syndicate (122 E. 42nd St. 14th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10168). (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Running? Yer darn tootin'... Jul 8, 2009
By MAUREEN DOWD First published in print: Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Dear Diary. (Albany Times Union)
Sarah Palin, Liberal Nerds and an Envious Spinster Jul 8, 2009
As I have said elsewhere, for the last ten months, like the regularity of the Sun rising or setting, Maureen Dowd of The New York Times relentlessly hurled insults at Palin, this past Sunday being no exception. Why. (Townhall.com)
Bills should be required reading Jul 8, 2009
Gail Collins and Maureen Dowd can poke fun at Sarah Palin all they want (Sarahs Straight Talk, column, July 4, and Now, Sarahs Folly, column, July 5), but I begin each day with a silent, heartfelt thank you. to the soon-to-be former governor of Alaska. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
MAUREEN DOWD Jul 6, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times. (The Drudge Report)
NYTWASHPOSTMSNBCHUFFPO WARNED ON 'DEFAMATION'... Jul 6, 2009
" Both were members of the famed Republican House class. Reader's Comments (1690) Show the first 20 comments Party: Democrat Reply #1 Jul. 4, 2009 - 10:37 PM EST This continues to be bizarre. Is she leading us, or preparing us for what is coming next? I don't get her logic. Party: Democrat Reply #2 Jul. 4, 2009 - 10:37 PM EST This continues to be bizarre. Is she leading us, or preparing us for what is coming next? I don't get her logic. Party: N/A Reply #3 Jul. 4, 2009 - 10:45 PM EST... (The Drudge Report)
The Bee offers 'ontv' Sunday for preview Jul 1, 2009
He was one of Dick Cheney's favorites and an overnight guest in the vice presidential mansion, leading New York Times op-ed writer Maureen Dowd to. This Sunday, The Bee will publish a new weekly TV book called "ontv," and it's up to readers to decide whether they want to keep receiving it. (Fresno Bee)
Critical thinking needed Jun 26, 2009
He was one of Dick Cheney's favorites and an overnight guest in the vice presidential mansion, leading New 000030C3 York Times op-ed writer Maureen Dowd to. Simplistic thinking. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Hanson revises history Jun 18, 2009
He was one of Dick Cheney's favorites and an overnight guest in the vice presidential mansion, leading New York Times op-ed writer Maureen Dowd to peg him as "Cheney's war guru.". Dr. Hanson needs first to work on an honest recounting of this history, including his role in it -- at least before he subjects us to his criticism of someone else's historical understanding. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The Culture Gabfest, the Posh New Digs Edition Jun 4, 2009
(Audio book of the week: Maureen Dowd's Are Men Necessary ... In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the end (and future) of the network TV season, the Maureen Dowd plagiarism scandal, and the idea of happiness as explored in a long-running Harvard study ... Maureen Dowd's in the New York Times that originally included an unattributed passage from Marshall's post. (Slate)
Where is the Liberal Rage? May 29, 2009
When even Maureen Dowd notices something, it s a safe assumption that everyone else has figured it out. One would expect the left to feel a deep sense of betrayal that their leader who promised change has embraced the very policies they despise. (Human Events Online)
Are You Out of Your Vulcan Mind? Obama Is Not Spock. May 25, 2009
Maureen Dowd is an idiot. No wonder newspapers are in trouble. (Slate)
How U.S. Buddies Help in Terror War May 25, 2009
In the Times, Clark Hoyt describes how Maureen Dowd lifted almost all of a paragraph written by Josh Marshall for her column last week. Somehow he then concludes, "." Dowd says the lifted passage was part of an e-mail conversation with a friend who apparently pawns off paragraphs from Marshall as his or her own thoughts. (Slate)
Room of Her Own May 25, 2009
Maureen Dowd, far more kitten than tiger, wrote in her widely noted Are Men Necessary. Four decades after feminism blossomed in a giddy wave of bra barbeques, birth-control pills and unisex clothes, the ideal of having it all is a risible clich. (The American Conservative)
Cheney's still calling the shots in Department of Delusion May 22, 2009
By Maureen Dowd Published: Thursday, May. 21, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 17A. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Read Hannity's America May 20, 2009
New York Times columnist and left-wing liberal darling Maureen Dowd is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The columnist has admitted to lifting a passage directly from Talking Points Memo blogger Josh Marshall and using it in her column Sunday. (Fox News)
Glenn Greenwald on Maureen Dowds plagiarism and the relationship between bloggers and traditional journalists May 19, 2009
Maureen Dowd's of a paragraph written by Josh Marshall (an act Dowd ) -- for what I yesterday called her "uncharacteristically cogent and substantive column"-- highlights a point I've been meaning to make for awhile ... Typically, the uncredited use of online commentary doesn't rise to the level of blatant copying -- plagiarism -- that Maureen Dowd engaged in ... The Maureen Dowd/Josh Marshall episode is a particularly vivid and dramatic example of that, but it is far from uncommon. (Harper's Magazine)
Defending Dowd's Plagiarism Response May 19, 2009
Having confessed to lifting Josh Marshall's copy, the Times' Maureen Dowd almost sets things right ... Maureen Dowd's Next StepHaving confessed to lifting copy, the New York Times' columnist almost sets things right ... Maureen DowdThat New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd plagiarized Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo cannot be denied. (Slate)
Talk about talking points! May 19, 2009
Now, Times columnist Maureen Dowd is accused - and by all appearances guilty - of plagiarism. Yet, an initial Associated Press story on the incident never even mentions the "P" word, and calls Dowd's lifting of the paragraph an "error.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
Ciao, WAMO -- we hardly knew you anymore May 19, 2009
Like many newspaper readers, I was disappointed to learn that Maureen Dowd, in her Sunday New York Times column, lifted a sentence from Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo about the Bush administration's use of torture ... (She declared that she received the passage from a friend, and "clearly, my friend must have read Josh Marshall without mentioning that to me.") Call me a fool, but I'm giving Maureen Dowd the benefit of the doubt -- this time. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fun with Dick and Nancy May 18, 2009
Over at the New York Times, the elderly schoolgirl Maureen Dowd riffed off Cheneys defense of waterboarding and argued that, no matter when the next terrorist attack comes, the former vice president would be the one primarily responsible. He is, she said, a force multiplier for Muslims who hate America. (CBS News)
FLASHBACK: Maureen Dowd nailed Joe Biden for plagiarism in '87... May 18, 2009
By MAUREEN DOWD, Special to the New York Times Published: Saturday, September 12, 1987. The Neil Kinnock commercial did not lead to electoral success last May in Britain, but the 10-minute spot of the Labor Party leader's passionate speeches, against a cool soundtrack of Brahms, raised his approval rating by 19 points and became an instant classic. (The Drudge Report)
NYTimes Writer Admits Using Blogger's Words May 18, 2009
NEW YORK New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has admitted to using a paragraph virtually word-for-word from a prominent liberal blogger without attribution. Dowd acknowledged the error in an e-mail to The Huffington Post on Sunday, the Web site reported. (Time.com)
NYT columnist used blogger's words May 18, 2009
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has admitted to using a paragraph virtually word-for-word from a prominent liberal blogger without attribution ... NYTimes columnist admits using blogger's words Articles (05-17) 20:38 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has admitted to using a paragraph virtually word-for-word from a prominent liberal blogger without attribution. (San Francisco Chronicle)
When Shame Yields to Resilience May 15, 2009
Maureen Dowd mocks her as "St. Elizabeth" in The New York Times. Tina Brown in the Website The Daily Beast finds her insistence on belittling "the dreaded 'other woman'" as "embarrassingly self-righteous." She "almost" feels sorry for John. (Townhall.com)
