Who'd you bet on in a Mixed Martial Arts match between Paul Krugman and Maureen Dowd? You might get the chance. Earlier this week, Krugman called Barack Obama a "sucker" and a "fool," while praising Hillary. Maureen Dowd has now gone after Paul's girl, calling Clinton every name in the headline and a few more.
The theory of Dowd's column today is that while Hillary knows how to shake Barack Obama with her ice-cold demeanor, Rudy will revel in the combat with Clinton. Excerpts from "Shake, Rattle and Roll" [emphasis added]:
- The debate dominatrix knows how to rattle Obambi.
- Mistress Hillary started disciplining her fellow senator last winter, after he began exploring a presidential bid. When he winked at her, took her elbow and tried to say hello on the Senate floor, she did not melt, as many women do. She brushed him off, a move meant to remind him that he was an upstart who should not get in the way of her turn in the Oval Office.
- He was so shook up, he called a friend to say: You would not believe what just happened with Hillary.
- She has continued to flick the whip in debates.
- Other guys, like Rudy, wouldn’t even be looking for a chance to greet Hillary, as Obama always does. Other guys, like Rudy, wouldn’t care if she iced them.
- But she can tell that Obama does care, that he doesn’t want her to not like him or be mad at him, that he responds to the sort of belittling treatment that she sometimes dished out to her husband and his male aides at the White House, yelling at them and calling them wimps if they disappointed her.
- She is a control freak — that’s why her campaign tried to coach wonky Iowa voters to ask wonky questions — and her male rivals are letting her take control.
- Hillary has her work cut out for her. Rudy will not be so easy to spank.
Maureen obviously doesn't heart Hillary. But she treats Barack about as dismissively as does Clinton, deriding him as "Obambi.' I don't see Dowd as a Silky Pony fan. So who's Maureen's horse in the race? She did write admiringly of Rudy's toughness in a prospective match-up with Hillary. You don't suppose?
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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But she can tell that Obama
November 18, 2007 - 08:30 ET by motherbeltBut she can tell that Obama does care, that he doesn’t want her to not
like him (emphasis added) or be mad at him, that he responds to the sort of belittling treatment that she sometimes dished out to her husband and his male aides at the White House,
And that's it in a nutshell, IMO. HRC is a master of zeroing in on the prey's weakest spot and going for it.
Never forget that she said "You have to deck your opponent."
And where the eventual
November 18, 2007 - 08:56 ET by sublight68And where the eventual Republican nominee will benefit from MsM bias is that his weak points will have been exposed and examined ad nauseum throughout the primaries. There won't be anything new for Hillary to latch onto.
Instead, she might be forced to discuss substantive issues and policy positions to differentiate herself in the general election. Her inability to do so convincingly will in turn expose her many weaknesses.
Rudy
November 18, 2007 - 08:35 ET by allanfAs far as I'm concerned Hillary has more testosterone than Obama and Edwards combined. She is the strongest man the Democrats have. Edwards may well spend more on hair, nail and salon appointments than Hillary.
Unfortunately for Hillary, Rudy is not the usual brand of homogenized metrosexual she has dealt with in the past.
Look for he gaggle of MSM synchphants to run lots pieces on Kerik and Rudy's messy divorce if these two are the candidates. I can't wait for the pieces on Hillary's "dream marriage" vs Rudy's hateful kids and messy divorce.
Rudy's Her Biggest Nightmare
November 18, 2007 - 14:20 ET by Del DolemonteRemember, if it wasn't for something called cancer, Rudy would today be the Junior Senator from New York, not her.
And since he was seriously getting ready to run against her in 2000 when he then had to drop out of the race, you can be sure that he and his people had already done plenty of "opposition research" on her.
And I'm sure Rudy has moles unlike any of the other Republican candidates-after all, he was a former US Attorney and also Mayor of a rather large city.
I like to consider myself
November 18, 2007 - 14:26 ET by JasonCI like to consider myself impervious to political ads - my views on the length to which Campaign Finance Reform should go would make some of your heads explode, I bet - and I really don't like Rudy, but I have to admit that his ad describing his revitalization of NYC is convincing, true, and amazingly, devoid of aggrandizing 9/11 references. I'd still vote for Hillary over him in a New York Minute (pun very much intended), but he's been presenting himself well lately.
"He was, and is yet, most likely, the wearisomest, self-righteous
pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself
and fling the curses on his neighbors." -Emily Bronte
As far as I'm concerned
November 18, 2007 - 17:37 ET by motherbeltAs far as I'm concerned Hillary has more testosterone than Obama and
Edwards combined. She is the strongest man the Democrats have.
That's right, allan. Just take a look at the photo at the top of this post. Oh, for a captionfest! "Do you really think I'm gonna waste my time with you?"
To me,
November 18, 2007 - 19:37 ET by dervish... she looks more like one of the velociraptors from "Jurassic Park."
I think Maureen is an
November 18, 2007 - 08:47 ET by JerryI think Maureen is an "Obama girl", after all, wasn't she already "put on notice" by Barrak Hussein? She's just trying to get him to grow a "set" and slap the Hildebeast around a bit. If he would just be a man, she would don the presidential knee pads for him.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
After all, Obama is
November 18, 2007 - 09:03 ET by sublight68After all, Obama is everything Dowd needs in a president...clean, articulate and just so...dreamy.
I'm not so sure that Dowd
November 18, 2007 - 12:11 ET by dscottI'm not so sure that Dowd is for either one. It sounds to me that she is giving an "unbiased" appraisal of Dem candidates and the most realistic line up after the nomination. I sense a certain dissatifaction over both the Dem candidates in her view. Ironically, I believe there is as much consternation on the left as with the right for a lack of a "pure" candidate they can rally around. Obama is close as it gets to "purity" but the problem as Dowd indicates is he doesn't have the killer instinct necessary to be a winner. Hillary has this killer instinct but she is viewed as so corrupt and self serving as to require brain death to choose her just find the modicum of satisfaction to have a "D" to note the figleaf of success.
Dowd rightly recognizes Rudy as a person with "liberal" tendencies may just be better than Hillary to either hold the line for their agenda or inch it along. For liberals, not the flaming leftists, Rudy presents this knawing intreging compromise that Rudy's liberalism with a competent track record might be a better bet than Hillary's self serving incompetence. Yes, Hillary is a Socialist, but she is also egomaniacal. Remember virtually every decision Bill made was reviewed by Hillary, she was the Co-POTUS for 8 years, Dowd virtually admitted to this by calling her a control freak. Leave it to a lawyer to tie the law into pretzels in order to get what they want, Hillary wants another 8 years of being POTUS, Bill was just a front man, a puppet. If Hillary wins the 2008 elections, she will have been only the 2nd person in history to be POTUS for 4 terms.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. dscott's corollary: The line between malice and stupidity is called depraved indifference.
If I had to guess, Dowd IS
November 18, 2007 - 08:47 ET by sublight68If I had to guess, Dowd IS in Obama's camp and this is her way of giving him a kick in the pants.
She asserts that Obama doesn't want to be disliked by Hillary and that might keep him from really taking off the gloves. But what might be even worse for him is to be disliked and marginalized by...Maureen Dowd.
Maybe Dowd is playing the part of a boxing cornerman trying to fire up her bloodied "fighter" with a little reverse psychology and tough love: "Maybe you aren't that good. Maybe they're right and you just don't have it in you to win. C'mon, get out there and prove 'em wrong. Rah, rah."
On a side note, I don't think Obama CAN dust it up with Hillary. I don't think it's a lack of desire, but rather a lack of ability. He just doesn't seem sharp enough to really go one-on-one and score any points against her, not from what I've seen so far anyway.
I think you're right...
November 18, 2007 - 08:55 ET by heldmyw...But every time she punches him in the head, she looks a little more brittle, a little less presidential, meaner, cheaper, and just generally like someone you don't want to know.
And that's a good thing!
I'm hoping that Edwards and
November 18, 2007 - 09:00 ET by sublight68I'm hoping that Edwards and Obama, in their desperation, ratchet up the attacks on Hillary even more. And the more she has to fight back, in her petty, shrill, arrogant fashion, the more voters may step back and ask themselves if this is really the person they want to support.
Wait 'til someone...
November 18, 2007 - 09:15 ET by heldmyw...Trots out the old "which candidate would you want to go have a beer with", test.
I don't think Hillary is going to be the winner.
Though if she thinks it
November 18, 2007 - 09:23 ET by sublight68Though if she thinks it will help get her elected, Hillary will propose "nationalizing" the brewing industry. We have a right to malt beverages, and too many people in this country just don't have the access they need.
Illegals will immediately be granted liquor licenses so they, too, can take part in the American Dream.
But what might be even
November 18, 2007 - 16:31 ET by motherbeltBut what might be even worse for him is to be disliked and marginalized by...Maureen Dowd.
Didn't MoDo make some comments about his GQ cover where he was wearing swim trunks?
And BTW, has anyone done any research and found out if Obama really did quit smoking?
Two Dowdy Cats Fight!
November 18, 2007 - 11:05 ET by CrashNo doubt the "right-wing attack machine" has claimed yet another victim. Unlike the Clinton smear factory which clearly used power and influence to destroy personal lives (opposed to public lives). The Dems are the first to decry that the patriot act is an invasion of privacy. Privacy of whom, those seeking public office? If the left really wants to see how storm-trooper's use ruffian tactics, well, look no further than the next Clinton Whitehouse. Hillary's making a list, but, she doesn't need to check it twice. Once you've made her shit list she won't waste much time dropping your name to the FBI and the IRS. Maureen had better start praying.
Does Rudy have Maureen down on her knees or sitting in trees?
November 18, 2007 - 11:15 ET by Dee BunkK- I- S- S- I- N- G. Isn't it Dowd who thought all women should get down on their knees like Monica to thank Clinton for keeping abortion legal? I get these angry feminists mixed up, but I think it was her who said that.
She could very well secretly support Rudy because he's not only supportive of abortions, he's also a womanizer like Billy boy. She likes that type of man. : 0
Close But No Cigar
November 18, 2007 - 14:23 ET by Del DolemonteThat was actually former TIME writer Nina Burleigh, who said she would happily give Bill a Lewinsky for keeping abortion legal.
She also said that she
November 18, 2007 - 16:41 ET by motherbeltShe also said that she caught the Prez (he still was then) appreciating her legs and was so flattered that if he had asked her to go up to his room she would have gone in a heartbeat.
She said "What is it in some of us, that powerful men make us pliant and willing with a mere glance?"
...so apparently it wasn't only the abortion thing...at least not later.
The whole NB posting is here
Fiddle-faddle
November 18, 2007 - 11:32 ET by iveseenitallThis is all fiddle-faddle. Hillary Clinton will be the Dim's candidate. And if she wins the presidency, it will be the greatest of ironies. Just as France and Germany are seeing things correctly, America will have this vicious socialist/communist crook as its "leader" running around the world. This buck-toothed little "B" is as much of an embarrassment to America as Chavevez to Venezuela and Castro to Cuba. And she will be just as much of a dictator as she can get away with. With the help of a Dim Congress, our nation's Pravda, and the ignorant apathy of so many Americans, she'll "change" our country for years to come. This has been decades in the making. Guard your children and grandchildren.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
apolitical blues
November 18, 2007 - 12:06 ET by CatherwoodI don't think I can take much more of this. The Clintones are back and it doesn't look like they're going away any time soon. All the scandals, all the lies, all the triangulations, all the liberal detrius is overwhelming my patience. I truly dread the news these days because you know she's going to be there lying and deceiving. The worst angst is that which stems from what we know the reality will be after she wins the presidency. Like Willie before her, the moderate stripes will come off and America will be left in the hands of one of the classic liberals of all time. It's discouraging to think what she will do to America. I think back to 1992 and Ross Perot and all the idiots who voted for him which allowed Willie to usurp the presidency and start the events which have led us to now. Bad dream.
Well my telephone was ringing
And they told me it was Chairman Mao
Well my telephone was ringing
And they told me it was Chairman Mao
You can tell him anything
'Cause I just don't wanna talk to him now
I've got the apolitical blues
And that's the meanest blues of all
Apolitical blues
And that's the meanest blues of all
I don't care if it's John WayneI just don't wanna talk to him now
and regret Bipn politiHeybsrjeMore sugar!
Little Feet
November 18, 2007 - 15:40 ET by general companyAnd Lowell George
"Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest". Mark Twain
credit due
November 19, 2007 - 11:53 ET by Catherwoodfor some reason I thought the blurb at the bottom of my post credited Little Feat and Lowell George for 'Apolitical Blues'. Let's be clear: that classic song with its classical lyrics was written by none other than the master of wry wit and sarcasm. Let's hear it for Little Feat.
Alice, Dallas Alice.
I agree, Catherwood. To
November 18, 2007 - 21:48 ET by motherbeltI agree, Catherwood. To have these two occupying the White House for 16 years out of 24 I hope and pray is more than a merciful God would ask this country to bear.
I sometimes wonder if Pat Moynihan is looking down at us and laughing.
Nice. Like Jello, there's
November 19, 2007 - 00:23 ET by stratmanNice.
Like Jello, there's always room for Feet.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
Start Spreadin' The News...
November 18, 2007 - 13:30 ET by JoelCTIt just hit me as I was reading this. If it ends up Dominillary vs. Capo Giuliani, and then Richie Rich Bloomberg decides to run as an independent, do we realize what our choices will be? As a Texan, I am HORRIFIED!
We'll get:
* A Liberal fake New Yorker, versus
* A Liberal RINO New Yorker, versus
* A Liberal rich New Yorker.
What WONDERFUL choices! Can I get a new deck, please? These cards appear to be marked.
Down here we have a picante sauce (that's hot sauce to you Northerners) commercial where some Texas cowboys are sitting around the campfire and one says the cook should offer this picante sauce because it's made in San Antonio, whereas the picante sauce the cook was offering was made in New York City. The cowboys all jump up and scream, "NEW YORK CITY???" and then they shotgun the cook to death or something like that. (I've never seen the end of the commercial myself because I generally black out at the horror of picante sauce made in NYC.)
That's how I feel about the possible 2008 election candidates.
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November 18, 2007 - 23:11 ET by dahliatraversGood analysis. Good commercial.
- -
November 19, 2007 - 00:33 ET by botgtwo dashes up
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -Chief Justice John Roberts
Allant said: "Unfortunately
November 18, 2007 - 13:46 ET by Sonny LykosAllant said:
"Unfortunately for Hillary, Rudy is not the usual brand of homogenized metrosexual she has dealt with in the past."
True, but even before the primaries, Hillary will also have the help, and investigative techniques of literally hundreds of people from the MSM to destroy Rudy. They have proved to be just as vicious as Hillary.
Not only "deck him", but slaughter him once down so he could never again get up. Ahhh. The power of the press, eh?
"She brushed him off, a
November 18, 2007 - 13:58 ET by Cortillaen"She brushed him off, a move meant to remind him that he was an upstart
who should not get in the way of her turn in the Oval Office." Obama's just an upstart, hmm? So, exactly how many years of experience does Hillary have in public office again? Quite a few if you count the eight she spent dictating her husband's decisions, I suppose.
www.rhjunior.com/CC/ Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.
"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi
One reason Obama may not be fighting back
November 18, 2007 - 16:14 ET by compmanI think Obama is letting himself get slapped around by Hillary because he has future presidential aspirations. It is because of this, he does not want to turn off other Democrat voters by getting too negative.
Obama is freshman senator and will have many other chances to run for President. If he goes after Hillary too hard, he could be written off by Democratic voters in those future elections.
IMO, he is wrong, bc those same voters will remember him for being weak and not able to fight back when required. (But i'm also Conservative and think alot differently than Liberals do, so I could be wrong!)
As for Edward's excuse... I think the term is "Breck Girl".
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. - Sir Winston Churchill
My guess is that Maureen
November 18, 2007 - 17:46 ET by fitzfongMy guess is that Maureen Dowd is slightly in Obama's camp, as she admitted trying to toughen him up by making fun of his ears a few months ago. But she's also a bitter, lonely spinster...so I'd imagine Hillary appeals to her. That said, she's a moron. Who cares what she thinks?
Dowd Is In Obambi's Corner
November 21, 2007 - 23:47 ET by momodoShe has been telling Barack to toughen up and come out swinging for quite some time now. Today she is ecstatic he seems to be listening to her advice.
Dowd Report: All MoDo, All The Time
Oh this is too much fun
November 18, 2007 - 22:20 ET by bigtimerOh this is too much fun with the left like Dowd.....
It's going to be intersting in the print media with critters like her.
Delicious....just delicious.
Is it just me or has Hillary
November 19, 2007 - 01:51 ET by msh1973Is it just me or has Hillary had some face work done? The woman just turned 60, in this photo she doesn't even look 50. What is up with that?
spackle
November 19, 2007 - 13:34 ET by dervishand a belt sander
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November 19, 2007 - 23:39 ET by dahliatraversAt the risk of being shallow, I was wondering the same thing. What's the stuff that relaxes frown lines? Is that botox?
You forgot
November 21, 2007 - 23:42 ET by momodothis BDSM reference:
With so much at stake, she had to do it again in Vegas, this time using her voice, gaze and body language to such punishing effect that Obama looked as if he had been brought to heel.
I went into all the bondage insinuations a few days ago.
http://dowdreport.bl...
Dowd Report: All MoDo, All The Time