Figures. Who else would Mika Brzezinski's ink-stained doppelganger be but Maureen Dowd?
"Morning Joe" has apparently introduced a new feature, "Three Things to Read Today," in which each of the panelists recommends an item from that morning's newspaper crop. Willie Geist went first today, and being the pop-culture maven he is, suggested the New York Post's coverage of the sexual harrassment lawsuit that a former female New York Knicks employee has brought against coach Isiah Thomas.
Then it was Mika's turn.
View video here.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Mika, what are you looking at?
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I was reading Maureen Dowd. And of course she so eloquently says what I was trying to say yesterday, which was -- this was Ahmadinejad's visit -- that "New York’s hot blast of nastiness, jingoism and xenophobia toward its guest, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, only served to pump him up for his domestic audience . . . we build him up, the self-serving doofus Iranian president."
By the way, turning to the Dowd column, I note a surprising bit that will not endear her to gay rights groups. Writes the Times columnist:
Given the repressive and confused stance of some of our Middle East allies on women and gays, isn’t it insane to get into a war of ideas on homosexuality in the Muslim world?
"Insane" to question a leader about the at-times violent repression of gays, Maureen? Really? Speaking of which, in denying the existence of gays in Iran, I half-expected Ahmadinejad to break out the Tehran variation of the Larry Craig defense: "We don't have any gays. We have never had any gays. We simply have a lot of wide-stanced guys in Iran. Come on, you've seen the state of some of our restrooms."
Similar to the Dowd/Brzezinski critcism of the trampling of poor Mahmoud's sensibilities, there's been a bit of conventional wisdom going around to the effect that Columbia President Lee Bollinger's less-than-laudatory introduction flouted Iranian traditions of "hospitality."
I like Tucker Carlson's take on the matter. On his show last night, he laughed at the notion, pointing out that it was this same Iran that engaged in the worst breach of hospitality in recent history: holding American diplomats hostage for over a year during the Carter administration. Oh, and who is accused of being one of the hostage-holding thugs? None other, of course, than that sensitive guy himself, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Aside: For the record, Joe Scarborough's reading pick was this Wall Street Journal editorial, suggesting to Rudy Giuliani that he lose the wife-calling-on-cell-phone shtick. Later, "Weather Wonder Woman" Jackie Meretsky got into the act, jokingly letting viewers know she was reading a scientific article on wind shear.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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Oh Mika!
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 06:16 ET by heldmywQuoting MoDo?
PeeWee Herman has more street cred...
Glad to see Mo hasn't lost a lick of her sensitivity and concern for her fellow man... Especially if they're gay.
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 07:28 ET by BourbeauTwo observations picked up from the terrorist's visit to Columbia University.
I thought it was a point well made, and I wish I could recall by whom, that Columbia University chose to have the podium and background for this little spectacle, totally in black. Missing in all of this, was any reference to Columbia University, which on previous occassions with other speakers, had it's name plastered all over.
Perhaps the next time this accomplished terrorist is allowed to address an American audience, his host might want to do a photo intro of the bodies of Jews piled at Auschwitz, Dachau, and other selected locations, to help mentally challenged one with his research. As well they could show him photo's of executions of gays in his country in case he's missed them.
Insane" to question a
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 07:31 ET by motherbeltInsane" to question a leader about the at-times violent repression of gays, Maureen? Really? -Mark Finkelstein
Well, Mark, you have to understand that Mo was really caught on the horns of a dilemma. Here she is, faced with a guy she wants to love, a real anti-American, George Bush-hating dictator, but on the other hand he executes homosexuals.
<sarc off>
Apparently she hates Bush more than she supports gays, since she's willing to ignore his repression of them, since he is a Bush-hater.
}}---> Bingo mb
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 07:33 ET by Cool ArrowShe truly believes "the enemy of my president is my friend"
Sickening.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
MoDo is on the board of We
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 09:26 ET by drillanwrMoDo is on the board of We The Leftist Liberated Bitter Hags In The Public Eye Who Hate Men, But Are Pissed We Don't Have One, and Seek Socialism For All Those Who Aren't Elite Enough To Attend High Brow Parties Like Us ...
We all here scoff when we see these things in the LLMSM (Thanks Laura Ingraham for the new name last night on Bill O.) Lazy Lame MSM ... But what we are seeing is this whole "liberal" concept that goes back to the 1960s hippie days of not committing to anyone or anything (cut and run, anyone?) ... always keep your options open (abortion) ... keep an open mind (look at everything from every conceivable nuance, and then make something up) ... never settle for any one answer as truth, even in the face of facts and evidence (unless, of course, it's Communism ... and most recently GW) ... NEVER conform or "sell out" (admit you have been/are wrong or are supporting a failed and highly flawed idea ... SEE: Neo-Communists/Socialists).
So, when you're not committed to anything, or anyone, your "roots" are weak for not planting them firmly in anything worth fighting for ... unless, of course, it's killing the unborn. And THAT seems to be just about ALL the left has in their garden. The feminist movement's roots are deeply planted in the idea that ripping an innocent life from the womb gives them supreme power. They have watered their beliefs with the blood of lives that have never even threatened them ... Yet, to hear one of them ho-hum and scratch their heads over forming a solid opinion about a man who has openly and loudly threatened to wipe out an entire people, and take down at least two countries ... throwing the entire world into a chaos that would cost millions of lives for years and years ... Well, I rest my case, I guess.
See a tongue-in-cheek graphic
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 18:27 ET by Daniel DiRitoSee a tongue-in-cheek graphic titled "Mahmoud Dearest", which has a little fun with the Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his unbelievable comments at Columbia University...particularly the one whereby he asserts that there aren't any gays in Iran...here:
http://www.thoughttheater.com/2007/09/mahmoud_dearest_scrubbing_the_gay_...
First, "Bubbles" Brzezinski
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 20:47 ET by fitzfongFirst, "Bubbles" Brzezinski admits that she wasn't smart enough to do well on the SAT (In fairness, she would have a harder time than most getting the automatic 400 points for spelling her name correctly). Then, she admits to having to rely on Maureen Dowd because she can't conjure up an original thought on her own. And we're supposed to believe that left-wing nepotism didn't get her the job at MSDNC? OK.