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| Mashing Our Monster |
| 2003-03-18 |
| Maureen, that gal in the New York Times that nobody bothers to read anymore, wrote something on Sunday. As usual, she goes for incisive wit and only makes it half way. I put it in core dump%, just to stay limber. I'm still trying to figure why the Times doesn't just fire her and hire Steven den Beste or Mark Steyn or Andrew Sullivan... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #10 Perhaps Ms. Doud and the NYT deserve each other? The best thing I could say about the times is that it does have value for covering floors when trying to housebreak puppies. They don't read much of what Maureen writes, either. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-18 23:05:27 |
| #9 The Times tried to hire Steyn, he told the to take a hike. |
| Posted by: john 2003-03-18 19:36:10 |
| #8 She reflects poorly on the NYT. If the NYT was a class act, it would dump her in a minute. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-03-18 17:58:38 |
| #7 I guess she didn't see the Frontline special on the history or the whole Iraq mess, in which Colin Powell himself says he urged the president to stop the war because we were slaughtering retreating Republican Guard troops. Nor did she see in that same special that Saddam was shaking in his boots at the time, and we could've easily taken him out. "Frontline: The Long Road to War" is a gripping program. It's essential viewing. Look for it on your local PBS station. Here in NYC, it's being rebroadcast on Thursday night at 8:00. (No, I am not a PBS shill. You need to see this, is all.) |
| Posted by: growler 2003-03-18 16:55:40 |
| #6 Is there any MoDo column that doesn't refer to Poppy Bush, bushies, Rummy, Pere et Filles, etc. etc.? She must've been entertaining or enlightening or at least good on the casting couch at one time, but who can excuse paying her for this pablum she "phones in" week after week.... makes fisking her like gill netting carp...easy, but....why? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-18 16:48:12 |
| #5 The Times had Andrew Sullivan for a while, but Howell Raines apparently banned him from the paper altogether. You can probably read all about it in the archives of AndrewSullivan.com. As for MoDo, good sense and consistency never kept her from writing what she thought was a good zinger at GWB and the administration. Sometimes she's on-target, sometimes (mostly, even) she's not. |
| Posted by: MW 2003-03-18 16:35:10 |
| #4 Anyone who describes Jacqueline Kennedy as having *both* brains and 'elan' has some serious issues with reality. |
| Posted by: Lizard_King 2003-03-18 16:19:25 |
| #3 If the NYT did not have this death wish of the liberal agenda, they could get some hot, well reasoned columnists all across the spectrum, which would help to sell papers. Adapt, be flexible, stimulating or die. Basic survival.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-18 15:43:11 |
| #2 I tried reading her column the source is linked from, but about halfway through her vapid ramblings I realized it was just a waste of time and I gave up. den Beste rules. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-03-18 15:33:06 |
| #1 Or anybody. Would it kill Ms. Dowd to include one line expressing support for the troops, or is she about nothing but party politics? |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-03-18 15:20:18 |