Red, White and Blue Tag Sale By MAUREEN DOWD

[Demeter]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/opinion/20dowd.html?em&ex=1201150800&en=d08ae95c584d950d&ei=5087%0A



When President Bush finished doing his sword dances and Arabian stallion inspections, when he finished making a speech in Abu Dhabi on the importance of freedom that fell flat, when he finished lounging in his fur-lined George of Arabia robe in the Saudi king’s tent, he came home.

Or he came to what was left of home...Wherever he went, W. seemed dazzled by the can-do spirit of the J. Pierrepont Finches of the new Middle East. “It’s important for the president to hear thoughts, hopes, dreams, aspirations, concerns from folks that are out making a living,” he told Saudi entrepreneurs.

In Dubai, he commended young Arab leaders, saying, “The entrepreneurial spirit is strong.”

In Abu Dhabi, he marveled at the royal family’s plans to build a city based entirely upon renewable energy. “Amazing, isn’t it?” W. said.

You know you’re in trouble when your Middle East oil pump is greener than you are...
Maybe if the president had spent the trillion he squandered on his Iraq odyssey on energy research, we might have broken the oil addiction.

Now it’s a race between Iraq, stupid, or the economy, stupid, to see which one will usher out W.

[katty]

1. Dowd always spot on, the Fire Sale is on

[Demeter]

2. This is the Finest, True-ist, Least Catty Thing She's Written in a Long While

[chrisrobbins]

8. translation

Dowd has always attacked Hillary, but now my candidate is in a fierce fight for the nomination, therefore I must like her attacks. All of them.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Well, no, she's not always spot on. nt

[DCKit]

5. Late 2006 for 2007 New Year's special, but still spot-on. n/t

[AwesomeFreak]

7. Dowd always on spot? Even when she lied about Al Gore?

Hillary hatred makes people love the meanest figures.

[Kolesar]

4. Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed

Tuesday Jan 22 2008 - 10:00 PM Eastern time - on Comedy Central

http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_schedule/index.jhtml?seriesId=23239&forever=/

[ljm2002]

6. Say what you will about Maureen Dowd...

...she hit this one out of the park.