Snark of the Day: Maureen Dowd

Like the Roman Catholic Church, Penn State is an arrogant institution hiding behind its mystique. And sports, as my former fellow sports columnist at The Washington Star, David Israel, says, is “an insular world that protects its own, and operates

MoDo gets it.  How bloody obvious is the War on Terror when even Maureen Dowd gets it, from New York Times:

I don’t want closure. There is no closure after tragedy.

I want memory, and justice, and revenge.

John Boehner republican leader:

Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), the presumptive Speaker-elect of the House, will not use a private jet as Speaker for trips back and forth to his home district, he said Wednesday.

“Over the last 20 years,

Just how dumb is Dumbo? MoDo sours on Dumbo b/ka/a Barack Obama, Maureen Dowd, New York Times:

Barack Obama became president by brilliantly telling his own story. To stay president, he will need to show he can understand our

Man up Barney! Congressman Barney Frank sends his other half to do his dirty work from Fleming and Hayes:

October 16, 2010 – Upon exiting the most recent debate with Barney Frank, located at WGBH studios in Boston, MA,

New York Slimes goes Orwellian.  To oppose murdering Islamic radical terrorism, to be a radical.  Sure Pinch.  From the Slimes:

Operating largely outside traditional Washington power centers — and, for better or worse, without traditional academic, public-policy or

Harry S. Truman: “The buck stops here.”

Barack Hussien Obama: “The buck passes here.”

Roger Simon, Politico:

President Barack Obama said Friday that some members of Congress are being hypocritical when it comes to blaming the White House for

It’s not a good narrative arc: The man who walked on water is now ensnared by a crisis under water.

Maureen Dowd, a/k/a MoDo, New York Slimes

Neither George W. Bush, nor Barack  “Dumbo”  Ohana could ever walk on water,

So we have here, ladies and gentlemen, Obama’s Bay of Rigs.  Obama’s Bay of Rigs has been so disastrous he’s now seen as the disappointer-in-chief by Maureen Dowd and Chris Matthews, who — get this! Last week Chris Matthews played

Dumbo at rock bottom, from Toby Harden, Telegraph(UK):

When any political leader feels they have to declare that they are “fully engaged” in an issue, it is clear that they are in trouble. Talking about it undermines the

Is  there a Pulitzer for Iowahawk? MoDo, Maureen Dowd has a Pulitzer and MoDo’s specialty is writing columns on what what she thinks other people are thinking.  Iowahawk  has done MoDo one better, he writes about the Sarah Palin which

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• NOW WE”RE BACK TO GLOBAL COOLING: So says the Daily Mail. The amazing thing is the AGW crowd still hasn’t admitted

The New York Stimes has confirmed that the White House held an off the record press gaggle for selected media lap dogs:

Speaking privately at the White House on Monday with a group of mostly liberal columnists and commentators, including

Barack Obama even needs a teleprompter to get mad.

Maureen Dowd, New York Times.   Tis a shame, I could not have snarked this all Irish squabble on Saint Patty’s Day.  Alas the luck of the Irish wasn’t with me.

“[Mrs. Clinton] has a history of covering up her own mistakes behind sexism.”

Maureen Dowd, via Noel Sheppard, Newsbusters.