What did you expect from Maureen Dowd? Anti-American, is one apt description.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 11:08 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]>wrote: > Governor Brewer might make a citizen’s arrest and I would > have to run for my life across the desert. She has, after all, > declared open season on anyone with a suspicious skin tone in her > state. > > The debate between the former boxer and the former competitive weight > lifter, the soft-spoken Mormon and the outspoken Christian, was a > source of fascination because > > I just skimmed and found 1 outright lie (the first... the only > difference in AZ's law and longstanding federal law is AZ's law > prohibits profiling) and one brain fart so great as to deny the author > ANY credence... Mormons ARE Christians. > > Did not bother to read any further... these BLATANT errors disprove > anything he has to say. > > On Oct 17, 5:51 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > > Playing All the Angles > > By MAUREEN DOWD > > Published: October 16, 2010 > > Twitter > > comments > > Sign In to E-Mail > > > > Print > > > > Reprints > > > > Share > > CloseLinkedinDiggMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink LAS VEGAS > > > > Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times > > > > Go to Columnist Page »As I sat above the Hoover Dam under the broiling > > sun, I was getting jittery. > > > > There was Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, speaking at the dedication of a > > bridge linking Arizona and Nevada 890 feet above the Colorado River. > > > > As the politicians droned on and my Irish skin turned toasty brown, I > > worried that Governor Brewer might make a citizen’s arrest and I would > > have to run for my life across the desert. She has, after all, > > declared open season on anyone with a suspicious skin tone in her > > state. > > > > We are in the era of Republican Mean Girls, grown-up versions of those > > teenage tormentors who would steal your boyfriend, spray-paint your > > locker and, just for good measure, spread rumors that you were > > pregnant. > > > > These women — Jan, Meg, Carly, Sharron, Linda, Michele, Queen Bee > > Sarah and sweet wannabe Christine — have co-opted and ratcheted up the > > disgust with the status quo that originally buoyed Barack Obama. > > Whether they’re mistreating the help or belittling the president’s > > manhood, making snide comments about a rival’s hair or ripping an > > opponent for spending money on a men’s fashion show, the Mean Girls > > have replaced Hope with Spite and Cool with Cold. They are the ideal > > nihilistic cheerleaders for an angry electorate. > > > > Seated next to Brewer at the bridge dedication was Harry Reid, the > > slight, mild-mannered, 70-year-old Senate majority leader who has > > wandered into the surprise fight of his career — a race where the fur > > is flying. > > > > “Man up, Harry Reid,” Sharron Angle taunted him at their Las Vegas > > debate here Thursday night. That’s not an idle insult, coming from a > > woman who campaigns at times with a .44 Magnum revolver in her 1989 > > GMC pickup. > > > > With casino red suit and lipstick, Angle played the Red Queen of the > > Mad Hatter tea party, denouncing career politicians and ordering “Off > > with your head!” and “Down with government benefits!” Even sober and > > smiling beneath her girlish bangs, the 61-year-old Angle had the > > slightly threatening air of the inebriated lady in a country club bar, > > tossing off outrageous statements and daring anyone to call her on > > them. > > > > The debate between the former boxer and the former competitive weight > > lifter, the soft-spoken Mormon and the outspoken Christian, was a > > source of fascination because the rivals perfectly represent the two > > caricatures of the midterms: The Washington incumbent and master of > > back-room deals who’s been around forever and lost touch with people > > versus the wacky new-breed Tea Party challenger who’s hiding from and > > hating on the press, spouting a lot of weird stuff and vowing to do > > what Barack Obama didn’t: Shake up Washington. > > > > The senator began the debate with a gentle reminiscence about his > > mother, who took in wash from the brothels in scruffy Searchlight, > > Nev. > > > > Angle could have told the poignant story of her German immigrant > > great-grandmother who died trying to save laundry hanging on the > > clothesline in a South Dakota prairie fire, which Angle wrote about in > > her self-published book, “Prairie Fire.” But instead the former > > teacher and assemblywoman began hurling cafeteria insults. “I live in > > a middle-class neighborhood in Reno, Nevada,” she said. “Senator Reid > > lives in the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.” > > > > Reid did not man up enough to mock Angle’s nutty assertion that > > Shariah law exists in Dearborn, Mich., and Frankford, Tex. (a town > > that hasn’t existed since 1975). But he did rebut Angle’s inane > > contention that health insurers should not have to cover anything, > > talking about how important it was to be covered on mammograms and > > colonoscopies. > > > > “If you do colonoscopies,” he said, “colon cancer does not come ’cause > > you snip off the things they find when they go up and — no more.” > > > > “Well,” Angle replied tartly, “pink ribbons are not going to make > > people have a better insurance plan.” > > > > Angle has been pressing the case, underwritten by Karl Rove’s > > operation and other conservative groups that have made the majority > > leader their No. 1 target, that Reid must be punished for being in a > > socialist triumvirate with Nancy Pelosi and President Obama. In the > > debate, she went for the jugular, asking him how he became “one of the > > richest men in the Senate” after coming from Searchlight “with very > > little.” > > > > Reid, who cloaks his ambition and brass knuckles under a mousy facade, > > looked as if she had slapped him. He called her “my friend,” but > > clearly did not think of her as his “pet,” as he unfortunately dubbed > > Chris Coons, the Delaware opponent of the bewitching Christine > > O’Donnell. > > > > He said that was “really kind of a low blow,” adding that he had been > > a successful lawyer before becoming a pol, and “did a very good job in > > investing.” > > > > After the debate was over, Angle scurried away and so did I — in a > > different direction. I was feeling jittery again. If she saw me, she > > might take away my health insurance and spray-paint my locker. > > > > More:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/opinion/17dowd.html?ref=opinion > > > > -- > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > > Have a great day, > > Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
