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March 2, 2007
MoDo and The Gang
The power of MoDo (Maureen Dowd, NY Times columnist, author of "Are Men Necessary?, answer:no) was apparant last week with the whole Geffen/Clinton/Obama flat-foot shuffle. Did it really mean anything in the long run? No.
That people are suprised by the cat claws of MoDo is truly shocking. Just because she like to flog "Rummy" and the Bushites doesn't mean she's holding water for the other side. She won a Pulitizer snarking on the Clintons, remember? And the column prior to that about Obama was pure lukewarm snark.
I don't mind the Crazy Lady™. Nick Kristoff, Mr. International, seems to disappear in the pages. Bob Herbert doesn't seem to have a role. I have lots of love for the Krug and Frank Rich... who on the left doesn't? Tom Friedman I'm meh about. (I think he said 6 more months in Iraq 6 months ago; why doesn't he say leave now...) Davey Brooks, well, he wrote his Sunday column on hip parents. Neo-cons apparently have nothing left to say.
Crazy Lady doesn't talk about ideas, she snarks about personalities. She's writing the meanest slam book entries of all time. It's funny and you can see a bit of Dorothy Parker peaking out. Does that mean I trust her judgment? No, I don't. Even though she dated Aaron Sorkin. Even though she slayed Judy Miller.
(Coda: I think my new favorite columnist may be Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post. I don't know, he seems so friendly and kind and even-tempered.)
Posted by emily at March 2, 2007 12:40 PM