Maureen Dowd (The New York Times): Scaring Up Votes

[Jack Rabbit]

From The New York Times
Dated Sunday November 23

Scaring Up Votes
By Maureen Dowd

First came the pre-emptive military policy. Now comes the pre-emptive campaign strategy.
Before the president even knows his opponent, his first political ad is blanketing Iowa today.
"It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known," Mr. Bush says, in a State of the Union clip.
Well, that's a comforting message from our commander in chief. Do we really need his cold, clammy hand on our spine at a time when we're already rattled by fresh terror threats at home and abroad? When we're chilled by the metastasizing Al Qaeda, the resurgent Taliban and Baathist thugs armed with deadly booby traps; the countless, nameless terror groups emerging in Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia and elsewhere; the vicious attacks on Americans, Brits, aid workers and their supporters in Iraq, Afghanistan and Turkey? The latest illustration of the low-tech ingenuity of Iraqi foes impervious to our latest cascade of high-tech missiles: a hapless, singed donkey that carted rockets to a Baghdad hotel.
Yet the Bush crowd is seizing the moment to scare us even more.

Read more.

"The only thing we really have to fear is fearmongering itself."

[demgrrrll]

1. I would bet that "boring" Al Gore would look pretty good to Maureen

about now. Or maybe not. I am not sure people as superficial as she seems to be are capable of any kind of meaningful introspection. She and her fellow journalists Kit Seelye and CeCe Connelly remind me of The Heathers, the cool kids at the lunch table who put people down. I'm not knocking anything that puts Bush down but I have not forgiven her for contributing to the no difference between Gush and Bore meme.
What a tragic crock of crap that was and look where we are now.

[aquart]

2. No reason to ever forgive her.

[The Zanti Regent]

3. Dear Whoreen, the world does NOT revolve around you!

Until Whoreen apologizes to Al Gore and the Clintons, she should shut up!

[dennis4868]

9. What she did to.....

President Gore is unforgiveable!

[realFedUp]

4. This was a good one.

I'll really forgive her when she truthfully examines
the Gropinator and his "special interests".

[The Zanti Regent]

5. Arnold gets a pass from Maureen

She has that fetish for musclemen, besides, Arnold has the MAGIC (R) at the end of his name...

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Question, Mr. Zanti

I agree Ms. Dowd is guilty of many lapses in judgment. However, apart from the fact that the messenger is imperfect, do you have any problems with the message in this piece?

[The Zanti Regent]

7. My problem with Whoreen

Yes, I DO have problems with it.

The problem is that it is too little and too late to help my nephew, who got his spine severed in Iraq thanks to this worthless slut and her fellow presstitutes.

That WHORE destroyed my nephew's life. He's only 23 and now he's confined to bed as a quadraplegic.

[Tatiana]

8. I'm sorry :(

Unfortunately, the behavior of the mediawhores and presstitutes have had real-life tragic consequences.

That said, MoDo's column was a good one. But I find myself thinking, too little, too late. Of course, maybe I should be thinking better late than never.

[Skittles]

10. NO

that f***ing whore can GO TO HELL. Until she aplogizes for her blatant WHORING that helped get Bush Inc installed into the White House, I don't GIVE A SHIT WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.

[glitch]

11. and that goes for the rest of the collaborating whores too

for a handy list see http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/roster.htm