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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd stories: 37 news summaries

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OPINION

 Bush-Blitzed 
 Mac Morphed 
 Into Empty Suit 

Mac's tactics have turned great brand into 'erratica'

Nov 2, 08 7:46 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain has tried to paint Barack Obama as an unknown risk of a candidate—but these days, McCain is the unfamiliar one, Maureen Dowd writes. The Arizona senator used to be “one of the best brands in politics,” a “known and knowable quantity” that was transparent... More »

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John McCain • Maureen Dowd • Election 2008 • campaign tactics • transparency

OPINION

McCain Resorts to Atwater's Bag of Dirty Tricks

They're trying to turn Obama into Willie Horton, Dowd writes

Oct 8, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Before Karl Rove, Maureen Dowd reminds us, it was Lee Atwater who masterminded the Republican smear campaign, and his demolition of Michael Dukakis was his greatest, dirtiest success. Atwater painted the 1988 candidate as a weak Harvard-educated elitist with a weird last name, a man who supported "the Scary... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • race • smear campaign • Maureen Dowd • Michael Dukakis • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Willie Horton • Lee Atwater

OPINION

Gosh Darn if Her Jargon Isn't as Empty as Folksy

Palin's 'pompom patois' obscures a big lack of substance

Oct 5, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the party whose leader infamously asked "Is our children learning?," we now have the baffling homespun language of Sarah Palin, for whom Maureen Dowd isn't thrilled to have to translate. The vice presidential candidate's "sing-songy jingoism" conceals a mass of contradictions and often a lack of... More »

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English • Maureen Dowd • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • grammar • vice presidential debate

Dowd Dumped From Straight Talk Express

Times scribe banned after Palin diss; stranded in Pittsburgh

Oct 2, 08 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Straight talk not only got New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd banned from the McCain-Palin campaign planes, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it got her marooned in Pittsburgh. After writing a scathing satire of Sarah Palin's candidacy—harsh but hardly unprecedented for the gleefully snarky writer—a stunned Dowd was left... More »

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John McCain • reporter • Maureen Dowd • Election 2008 • media coverage • Sarah Palin • Straight Talk Express

OPINION

Newman: Proud Liberal, Embarrassed Sex Symbol

Maureen Dowd pays affectionate tribute to frequent interviewee

Oct 1, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Newman was an unapologetic liberal, Maureen Dowd reminds us in a column on the actor who was also her teenage crush. He made Nixon's enemies list for supporting Eugene McCarthy and opposing the Vietnam War, and had "traits that have been in short supply in the Bush administration,... More »

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obituary • celebrity • Maureen Dowd • Paul Newman • Joanne Woodward • celebrity interview

OPINION

Just You Wait, Charlie Gibson, Just You Wait

Dowd can't wait for the TV debut of Wasilla's own Eliza Doolittle

Sep 10, 08 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maureen Dowd hops a plane to Wasilla, Alaska, where Sarah Palin will hold her first interview as a VP candidate this weekend. Media types might be flocking to the Last Frontier, but Palin has been sequestered from the press, brushing up for her sit-down with Charles Gibson. She's the Eliza... More »

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Alaska • Maureen Dowd • running mate • Sarah Palin • interview • Charles Gibson • Wasilla

OPINION

 Palin's Story: A 
 Political Chick-Flick 

Republicans get pumped for a 'babe' on the ticket: Dowd

Aug 31, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s rise to the national stage makes for a great political chick-flick, Maureen Dowd observes in the New York Times. The plot: “the 2-year governor of an oversized igloo becomes commander in chief after the president-elect chokes on a pretzel on day one.” And experience, schmexperience... More »

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John McCain • Republican • Maureen Dowd • Sarah Palin • chick flicks

Opinion

Things to Do in Denver
When You're Dems: Hate

Clinton camp's back-handed Obama-bashing, second-guessing mark jittery DNC

Aug 27, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former John McCain strategist described the odd mood in Denver perfectly, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times: “Submerged hate.” That would explain the uneasy proceedings, which have been marked more by Clintonian drama than anything else. At a recent new conference, Dowd observes, “Hillary... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Maureen Dowd

OPINION

 Another
 Global Crisis,
 Another Vacation

President still not taking job seriously: Dowd

Aug 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - “America’s back in the cold war and W.’s back on vacation,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, observing that as another global crisis begins, the president is again failing to take it seriously. After condemning Russia’s push into Georgia, Bush skipped off... More »

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China • Russia • Georgia • vacation • Maureen Dowd • Iraq war • George W. Bush

OPINION

 Hillary's
 Crashing
 Obama's
 Party


Aug 13, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite losing the nomination months ago, Hillary Clinton is taking her fight to the convention, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. The New York senator’s continued machinations show she "feels no guilt about encouraging her supporters to mess up Obama’s big moment, thus undermining... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Maureen Dowd

OPINION

 Preening
 Edwards 
 Worse Than
 a Ken Doll

Even his confession to narcissism was narcissistic

Aug 10, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The real John Edwards shocker was not so much his affair, but his admission of narcisissm—yet even that confession was oddly self-loving, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. While "it isn’t like we didn’t know that the son of a millworker was a little... More »

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John Edwards • affair • Maureen Dowd • Rielle Hunter

OPINION

Don't Be Henpecked, Obama

She doesn't want the No. 2 job, writes Dowd. She wants you to lose.

Jun 4, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - "What does Hillary want?" Hillary Clinton asked rhetorically last night at her rally in New York. Still a good question, writes Maureen Dowd, since apparently she's not going away anytime soon. Having given her surrogates the green light to push for an Obama-Clinton ticket, the New York Times columnist... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • vice president • Maureen Dowd • Geraldine Ferraro • dream ticket • running mate • Walter Mondale

Rev. Wright Slams 'Devious' Media Coverage 

Obama pastor defends sermons, says he was portrayed as 'a fanatic'

Apr 24, 08 7:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright says the media made him out as "some sort of fanatic" by repeating snippets from sermons out of context—part of a "devious" agenda to denigrate the campaign of Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports. In an interview with Bill Moyers to air on... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Moyers • Maureen Dowd • Jeremiah Wright • racial tension • Trinity United Church of Christ

OPINION

Dream Team? Dream On: Dowd

NYT's Dowd says candidates deserve Oscars for acting chummy at debate

Feb 3, 08 12:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Think you saw the beginning of a beautiful Dream Team friendship at the last Democratic debate? Think again, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd says: Hillary Clinton has no more desire to be Barack's running mate than he does hers. Why would Hillary want to play second fiddle to a... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Maureen Dowd • dream ticket • political natural • second fiddle • running mate • Dream Team

OPINION

For Sale: These United States

Bush, US companies reduced to holding
out a tin cup

Jan 20, 08 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Some Americans are outraged about illegal immigrants crossing the Mexican border, but the New York Times' Maureen Dowd thinks that the breech of some financial boundaries are of greater concern. "Who’s going to own the American economy?" she asks, pointing to oil-rich countries taking advantage of the weak... More »

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Citigroup • Warren Buffett • Merrill Lynch • US economy • Maureen Dowd • US dollar • petrodollar • weak dollar • George W. Bush

That's Not Dowd, It's Colbert
(We Think)

Parody king fills in for Times columnist today

Oct 14, 07 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maureen Dowd turned over her column to faux conservative Stephen Colbert today in the New York Times—or it's her own clever parody on a master of the form. Either way, it's a fun read, with Colbert hinting he'd like to run for president. But unlike Newt, Colbert won’t... More »

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Maureen Dowd • Stephen Colbert • Election 2008

Times Will Eliminate
Pay Access to TimesSelect

Op-ed columnists to burst out from behind firewall

Aug 7, 07 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times will shut down TimesSelect, the pay section of its website that keeps columnists such as Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich beyond the reach of the great unwashed. The fate of the $7.95-a-month subscription service sparked hot debate among publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and other Times ... More »

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Internet • newspaper • New York Times • news • journalism • TimesSelect • paid content • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

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