Did Maureen really mean to call Hillary "feral"? As in: "a domestic animal that has returned to the wild and lives without human attention"? Is there something about Hillary that brought to Dowd's mind the famed razorback from the senator's erstwhile state of Arkansas? In any case, we'll take Maureen at her word. In Where’s His Right Hook? this morning, Dowd describes Barack Obama as being "bullied" by "the feral Hillary." Yikes.Dowd reports on a recent interview with Obama, to whom she variously refers as "Obambi" and "Barry," and lets us know she found herself, sitting across from him, feeling like the "nun [in the "Bells of St. Mary"] who teaches a schoolboy who’s being bullied how to box." So Obama brings out the protective nun in Dowd. I don't recall a woman ever mentioning that she felt like a nun in Bill Clinton's presence.
Dowd clearly has her doubts as to whether Obama has the requisite toughness as either candidate or leader:
- "I’m just not certain, having watched the fresh-faced senator shy away from fighting with the feral Hillary over her Hollywood turf, that he understands that a campaign is inherently a conflict."
- "If Hillary is in touch with her masculine side, Barry is in touch with his feminine side."
- "He turned up his nose at his campaign’s sharp response to Hillary and her pinstriped thug, Howard Wolfson."
- "Do you worry that you might be putting yourself on a pedestal too much? Because people also want to see you mix it up a little. That’s how they judge how you’d be with Putin."
Along the way, Dowd also refers to Hillary as "Godzilla stomping on Obambi." I don't doubt that if Clinton emerges as the Dem candidate, Dowd would ultimately support her against the Republican nominee. But in the meantime, there's clearly no love lost between the columnist and the "feral" bully.
UPDATE 03-04: Seems that "feral" is a favorite Dowd term, one she once used to describe Hillary's critics. In her 2003 review of Hillary's memoirs, Living History, Dowd wrote: "Her remarkable mother, deserted as a child, instilled in her the chutzpah that would allow her to triumph over feral assaults from the right."
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Mark,You know what my Gators
March 3, 2007 - 09:36 ET by BlondeMark,
You know what my Gators did to Hil's little piggies, yes?
Let the dem(o) derby begin. I find it hillarious that Dowd has turned so nasty so soon. Ooops...I meant nunnish.
Nice post, Mark. A great way to start a Saturday.
I wouldn't be braggin' on t
March 3, 2007 - 09:59 ET by Mark FinkelsteinI wouldn't be braggin' on them Gators too much, way they've been playin' lately.
Once we get a title -- any
March 3, 2007 - 10:02 ET by sarcasmoOnce we get a title -- any title -- Gators spend the next few nights killing braincells and the next few years screwing it all up, then lather-rinse-repeat.
JMR
That would properly be "
March 3, 2007 - 10:04 ET by BlondeThat would properly be "the next ten years screwing it all up, then lather-rinse-repeat". :D
Football, Mark. Basketball
March 3, 2007 - 10:02 ET by BlondeFootball, Mark.
Basketball is secondary. But we're still the Champs until March Madness is over. :)
You're bragging about beati
March 3, 2007 - 10:07 ET by Mark FinkelsteinYou're bragging about beating Arkansas in football?
But seriously, the exhibition the Gators put on in the game against Ohio St. was one of the most brilliant, dominating college football performances I've ever seen.
It goes to show...
March 3, 2007 - 10:12 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasIt goes to show how important good coaching is when you have a mediocre quarterback. Meyer is as good as they come and he will bring as much pleasure winning , if not a touch more, than the Ol' Ball Coach Spurrier...who of course is about to raise the roof at South Carolina (and when in South Carolina USC always stands for University of South Carolina) and take the Gamecocks to a top 10 ranking in the next two years.
Shut up and blog! If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal. Go Rudy!
Sure, Mark....we had to beat
March 3, 2007 - 10:32 ET by BlondeSure, Mark....we had to beat the Hogs to get to the big dance, why not brag about it?
That was a fine, fine football game. Maybe the second best one I've ever seen. (1996 National Championship vs. Chicago Rep's Noles being #1, of course).
In my local paper, there was a great piece about the pics on the front of the sports pages....the very best was Chris Leak, holding up the trophy, with a headline of "Any Questions?".
And to think, before the game, 174 / 175 pundits picked Ohio State. Go figure. Maybe akin to Hillary as Pres in 2008? Hoping.
Being a Vol fan and a Cornhus
March 3, 2007 - 10:42 ET by rimskyBeing a Vol fan and a Cornhusker fan, it is pretty difficult for me to say this, but I too was blown away by the Gators in their Championship game. It was truly an amazing display. That reverse play that they ran in the first half was damn near perfect!
Hey Blonde.. just wondering, do you remember the Fiesta Bowl in 1995?
rimsky,Oh yes....and actually
March 3, 2007 - 10:55 ET by Blonderimsky,
Oh yes....and actually it was eleven years ago.
That game was going pretty well until Jaquez Green dislocated (or broke?) his hip. That game, as much as it hurt, was probably THE game that sent my Gators to the top ten every year since then.
Gotta question your taste in rooting for the Vols (although to give the devil his due, Peyton finally beat a Gator quarterback, and I'm glad he'll not be tagged, a la Marino, with "couldn't win the big one"), but I love the great teams like Nebraska, Oklahoma, Bama, USC.
And G.A.T.'s correct. The Old Ball Coach is going to give us pains in the SEC. He's already become a bother.
<edit> Stupid me...eleven years ago = 1995. Sorry, rimsky.
Blonde,My Hoosiers are undefe
March 3, 2007 - 11:08 ET by msh1973Blonde,
My Hoosiers are undefeated at home this year! Yea! Go Hoosiers! I can't help myself. Once a Hoosier always a Hoosier. LOL.
msh,Congrats! Talk about a
March 3, 2007 - 11:16 ET by Blondemsh,
Congrats! Talk about a team with a great tradition.
It's so much more fun being a fan of college athletics than pro sports.
Blonde,I have missed your com
March 3, 2007 - 11:32 ET by msh1973Blonde,
I have missed your commentary.
Yes, now that Coach Sampson is at the helm the tradition continues. There is nothing more exciting than College Basketball. I look forward to the "Madness" every year.
Me too..and March Madness is
March 3, 2007 - 11:39 ET by bigtimerMe too..and March Madness is about here.
My Zags aren't doing so well this year...got a game tomorrow night...
By the way msh...besides your Hoosiers, we had the Colts win the Super Bowl...didn't we?! Yahooooo!
I love both college and Pro and find them equally exciting.
The Dolts, er, I mean, the Colts, got so lucky!
March 3, 2007 - 11:43 ET by Free StinkerThe Dolts, er, I mean, the Colts, got so lucky . . . even getting to the Superbowl. ;-)
FS...You sound like a sore lo
March 3, 2007 - 11:55 ET by bigtimerFS...
You sound like a sore loser.
They got there...they won.
Simple as that.
The game was great!
You sound like a sore loser.
March 3, 2007 - 11:57 ET by Free StinkerYou sound like a sore loser.
We Giants fans have that tendancy! ;-)
March Madness: Dementia is mo
March 3, 2007 - 12:37 ET by kathleenirishMarch Madness: Dementia is more like it. God, I hate college basketball. There, I've said it. If I had the chance to punch Maher in the face, I might be in better humor.
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
kath...I wished I could join
March 3, 2007 - 12:42 ET by bigtimerkath...
I wished I could join ya in the punching Maher in the face...I'd feel better too!
You've got me laughing so hard I think that will do the trick!
I love your posts! Keep up the spare nothing posting, if you don't I know something is wrong!
Dowd
March 3, 2007 - 10:09 ET by iveseenitallDowd wants a "woman" president. I can't imagine why she's backing Hillary. Edwards I could understand.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Dowd backing Hillary? She
March 3, 2007 - 10:15 ET by Mark FinkelsteinDowd backing Hillary? She just called her a "feral bully"!
It's just bickering among the
March 3, 2007 - 10:24 ET by iveseenitallIt's just bickering among the females. In the end , she'll support Hillary.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
I agree.. they can bicker an
March 3, 2007 - 10:27 ET by rimskyI agree.. they can bicker and bicker, but push come to shove, MD will be there for Shrillary.
Yes, old MD will be there
March 3, 2007 - 11:35 ET by terrigYes, old MD will be there pouring out how she agonized over who in the Dim party to vote for and how after much soul searching she had to go with the Hildabeast for the children and the world.
Come on, Hillary is the "
March 3, 2007 - 12:31 ET by JerryCome on, Hillary is the "manliest" of all the democrat candidates. Who's Dowd gonna support, a she-male or one of the 2 fe-men? The Breck girl is the prettiest. Hussein Obamma is the most effeminate. And the Beast has the biggest testicles. Hussein has put Dowd "on notice", so it won't be her. The Beast is the wife of the man she would have donned presidential knee pads for, so it won't be her. That leaves the Breck girl. Unless Breckie-poo takes alpha-male consultations, she's a shoo in.
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).
What happened to sisterhood?
March 3, 2007 - 10:48 ET by dahliatraversWhat happened to sisterhood?
Mark,I don't know about you,
March 3, 2007 - 11:36 ET by Dave RMark,
I don't know about you, but I have been getting a sense lately that there are those in the liberal MSM, as well as a lot of other democrats out there, who really seem to want Obama to stand up to The Hildebeast. It is as if many of them have grown tired of her and are looking for someone, anyone, to come along and knock her off her perch (broom?). Look at what has happened out in Hezzbollywood. That has to have Hillary's boxers in a bunch.
In reading Dowd's observations, it is if she was prodding him into toughening up.
Mark,Thanks for the informati
March 3, 2007 - 11:47 ET by bigtimerMark,
Thanks for the information. I used to read Dowd when you get get her on Drudge, I do not think she has ever cared for Hillary...
What I found amusing was this from her,
and lets us know she found herself, sitting across from him, feeling like the "nun [in the "Bells of St. Mary"] who teaches a schoolboy who’s being bullied how to box."
Pretty la-la land if you ask me, when it comes to Dowd even saying she feels like a nun....lol!
By the way, I think Obama handled the whole ordeal just right, Hillary made the fool of herself.
Obama definitely has Dowd in his corner.
Is this supposed to convince us Hillary is tough?
March 3, 2007 - 15:29 ET by exLibI guess this is all part of the campaign to convince the public that Hillary is the "real deal" when it comes to protecting our country - she's tough!!!
I was listening to a program on the radio where the liberal host refused to call Bill Clinton a draft dodger and said that there was "an issue" when BC was elected that he had no military experience.
I realize this is a bit off topic but I was just wondering how the left is going to get around the fact that neither Hillary nor Obama are ex-Military. Given that they have not stopped bashing Bush since 9/11 that he didn't fight in a war.
ex,Oh they will, they will ju
March 3, 2007 - 15:36 ET by bigtimerex,
Oh they will, they will just pretend like they did no such thing, or this situation isn't relevant to what we are discussing now or some such blather.
It is so hypocritical all the time with the left.
It matters not to them, they have an agenda and they stop at absolutely nothing.
Fight them we will!
Shillary
March 3, 2007 - 15:41 ET by JoePMan oh man, it's just unimaginable thinking of shillary as president. Holy crap, Batman, say it could NEVER be so! She's a cold hearted 'b' from the get go. Met her one time when she swept through a location where I worked (early 2000) in the Middle East. You could see through her comments like a clear window, the personal comments she'd make when chatting with folks. Contrast that with (then) SecState Powell, who'd give anybody all the time they needed to yak his ear off. He would actually listen and make a comment like a gentlemen statesmen.
Blankly: shillary's no gentlemen statesman ........ and if she were to represent the whole country....Ok, gotta stop thinking down that road before I puke on the new computer.
JoeP,Now don't go puking on y
March 3, 2007 - 15:51 ET by bigtimerJoeP,
Now don't go puking on your computer, the witch isn't worth it...she does absolutely nothing in her life unless it is for her political gain, or so she tells herself.
Thank you for your service sir, my gratitude always.
I'm going to say what shouldn
March 3, 2007 - 16:29 ET by dahliatraversI'm going to say what shouldn't be said.
Hillary should not be president not because she is a socialist (she is not; she is empty); not because she is a liar (which she is); not because she is guided too much by polls (which she is); not because she demonstrates poor judgment by staying married to Bill (she does). All of these things are smaller reasons why she should not be President.
The biggest reason she should not be President is because she is too insecure.
Who is going around New York
March 4, 2007 - 09:00 ET by ucWho is going around New York representing New Yorkers these days? All those people being denied their expected attention of their Senator, junior Senator.
David Geffen lives, remember David Geffen.
Geffen's statement, she's not
March 4, 2007 - 12:24 ET by JDWGeffen's statement, she's not electable, hit the target.
When she attacked Obama, it became obvious that she lacked the necessary confidence to make this happen. Realize what Clinton was able to avoid and consider what she cannot evade.
Look for the polls to continue to drop.
And maybe Dowd is on her side, realizing sen Clinton does not have the focus here, attempting to provide guidance.
JDW
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