Dowd: Riding the Crazy Train

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON — Whoa! That was quite the steroid-infused performance. Who's the guy's political consultant — Russell Crowe? He was so in-your-face, smirking his trademark smirk, it was disturbing to think of him in charge of the military. It's a good thing he stopped drinking and started talking about God.

You wonder how many votes he scared off with that testosterone festival: the taunting message, the self-righteous geographic litany of support? The Philippines. Thailand. Italy. Spain. Poland. Denmark. Bulgaria. Ukraine. Romania. The Netherlands. Norway. El Salvador.

Can you believe President Bush is still pushing the cockamamie claim that we went to war in Iraq with a real coalition rather than a gaggle of poodles and lackeys?

His State of the Union address took his swaggering sheriff routine to new heights. "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country," he vowed.

Translation: Hey, we don't need no stinking piece of paper to bring it on in other countries. If it feels good, we'll do it, and we'll decide later why we did it. You lookin' at me?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/22/opinion/22DOWD.html

[aquart]

1. The thing about the permission slip...

It's something you only need when you're a little kid in school.

Does he really want to invoke that schoolyard bully image again.

It's so....so.....immature.

[tom_paine]

7. Sure he does, that's what he is

Even worse, a rich, connected schoolyard bully who has never once been called to account for his actions, both criminal and unethical.

[R3dD0g]

2. MoDo has been insane for

quite some time.

I wouldn't put anything past the bitch.

[The Zanti Regent]

4. Whoreen has gone beyond insane.

Any idiot who still has a crush on Bush is OUTSANE!

[Dr.Phool]

3. If you ask me

I'd prefer him drinking, than on God. At least he'd pass out.:crazy:

[izzie]

5. What fun it is to have an ex drunk as President.

Now he holds the Bible by the neck.

[hatrack]

6. What?!?! No fashion commentary?!?!

Geez, Maureen, get with the program already!

[tom_paine]

8. I'm afraid Imperial Fashion Commentary is forbidden

under the New Political Korrektness of the Empire.

If Dowd was to get that article published by Corporate Pravda, she must not stray into forbidden zones.

Fashion Commentary as well as in print psychoanalysis is permitted in Imperial Amerika only if directed at the enemies of the Emperor.

There is no appeal from this ironclad rule.

None.

Try and find a "mainstream" Corporate Pravda outlet, be it print, radio or TV, that violates this rule.

[benfranklin1776]

12. Sehr zutreffender Herr Paine!

Juvenile criticism of wardrobe, home decor or failure to perform wifely duties by Corporate Pravda shills as Mo Do is permissible only if directed at enemies of the state, as per the directives of the Ministry of Truth.

[NashVegas]

9. Does Down Have MPD or Something?

Or is she just a symbol of the confused Democratic party?

[savistocate]

10. She has

an eye&ear for the cartoon the characature that is today's whacked Repug party-pols.

[maxsolomon]

11. where was this attitude in 2000?

instead she took gore apart & left bush to smirk.

the press could have taken bush out with any sort of responsible reporting & we'd have mccain in there, at worst.

[Martin Eden]

13. "12 years of diplomacy with Iraq did not (work)"

Dowd commented on that Bush quote, saying "Maybe he's right".

Wrong!

First off, crippling economic sanctions, no-fly zones, and weapons inspections doesn't quite fit the normal definition of "diplomacy", and secondly, it worked! There were no WMD! Iraq was contained, and not a threat.

That quote was in the context of Libya's decision to give up it's WMD, which was essentially a result of diplomacy!

Dowd needs to remember that you can't take anything Dumbya says at face value. Even if it appears to have some merit, it's usually based on a false premise to begin with.