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Maureen Dowd, Still Cuckoo Pants After All These Years

Home - by Lori Ziganto - November 22, 2009 - 22:25 America/Chicago - 25 Comments

A few days ago, Maureen Dowd  reviewed Sarah Palin’s book. While it appears that, unlike some others, she may have actually read it, she turned the whole review into a ME moment; it was all about her. I’d fact check to see if she was at least accurate in the claims about herself, but, to be frank Miss Dowd, I’m just not that into you.

Today, she attempted to write about Sarah Palin… again. At first glance, I became a tad frightened because it looked  as if I might actually agree with some of what she was saying.

Yet Democrats would be foolish to write off her visceral power.

As Judith Doctor, a 69-year-old spiritual therapist, told The Washington Post’s Jason Horowitz at Palin’s book signing in Grand Rapids, Mich., “She’s alive inside, and that radiates energy, and people who are not psychologically alive inside are fascinated by that.”

Upon closer examination, however, my fears turned out to be, thankfully, unwarranted. Firstly, while I do agree that Democrats are foolish if they write off Sarah Palin and dismiss her as inconsequential, this is not what they are doing. They are quite obviously frightened of the appeal that she has, hence the constant, and rather obsessive, attention paid to her. This is further evidenced by the fact that there are eleven AP “fact checkers” assigned to her book (Obama’s books?  ZERO “fact checkers”) who aren’t really fact checkers at all, but people attempting to find any little thing at all with which to attempt to demean or diminish Sarah Palin.

The Democrats would be far wiser to be more worried about their own visceral reactions to Sarah Palin. As I said  in response to Ana Marie Cox the other day, panning her simply because you think she’s icky is, well, icky. Y’all have no real reasons to give as to why you dislike her so much. The “But — but—Wasilla! And seeing Russia from her house!!” meme doesn’t hold water. Especially since you can, you know, see Russia from Alaska.

Secondly, Dowd couldn’t bring herself to actually stay focused on any positives regarding Sarah Palin. So, she turned to her second favorite subject (after herself, natch): The Smartest Man Alive ™. Maureen Dowd is as obsessed with delusional fantasies regarding Obama’s grey matter as Andrew Sullivan is with his creepy (and insane) fantasies about Palin’s uterus (I’m pretty sure he imagines it — constantly– and pictures it as a distinct entity. Likely all fancy and bedazzled.)

Not only does the tiresome and predictable Dowd  hear non-existent shouts of “boy”, but she sees non-existent brains and ability.

He’s a highly intelligent man with a highly functioning West Wing, and he’s likable, but he’s not connecting on the gut level that could help him succeed.

Highly functioning West Wing? Oh! Perhaps you mean functioning alcoholics? That’s the only explanation that might make some sense, especially based on the recent KSM trial venue decision. Obama is highly intelligent? I have yet to see any evidence of that. Seriously, can we drop that “I disagree with Obama, but he’s a brilliant man” line that everyone trots out, even Republicans? Not only have I not seen any evidence of this alleged brilliance, but I think that Obama has pulled a Cox (the Ana Marie kind, people! Minds out of the gutter!) and talks about The Constitution without actually having, you know, read it.

She continues with her delusions, even attempting to compare Obama to Ronald Reagan (I was gasping with giggles at this part):

Like Reagan, Obama is a detached loner with a strong, savvy wife. But unlike Reagan, he doesn’t have the acting skills to project concern about what’s happening to people.

Hee hee! Savvy wife!  By savvy you must mean totally the opposite of savvy. Strong, perhaps – if you are referring to her guns. At least Dowd displays an ounce of honesty in the second sentence. Obama does lack the acting skills necessary to project concern for people. I’m glad Dowd admits that he needs to act, because he actually does not care about, nor have concern for, anyone other than himself.

But you know what ticks me off the most, Maureen? (I feel as if we are on a first name basis since you so often profess to know what is in my heart and mind.)  The fact that you are so willfully ignorant that you can’t even entertain the idea that conservatives are bright and not  “stupefyingly simplistic” and that not all liberals are esoterically brilliant just because they have a D next to their name. Who’s profiling now, Maureen? We have honest, real, reasoned and valid disagreements and you purposefully refuse to see that. You, instead, jump shamelessly on the “You are too stupid to “get” Obama and how “impressively complex” he is” bandwagon.

Here’s something “stupefyingly simplistic” for you, Maureen. You stink. Bless your heart.

Now, see if you can use your Smarter Than You ™ mind to see what these two pictures have in common.