Submitted by madamab on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 9:00am
Everyone in the universe has now weighed in on the Shirley Sherrod situation, which means that of course, our dearest MoDo must not be left out. Clash, bang, bam! Let the tone-deafness begin!
The Obama White House is too white.
It has Barack Obama, raised in the Hawaiian hood and Indonesia, and Valerie Jarrett, who spent her early years in Iran.
But unlike Bill Clinton, who never needed help fathoming Southern black culture, Obama lacks advisers who are descended from the central African-American experience, ones who understand “the slave thing,” as a top black Democrat dryly puts it.
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Submitted by okanogen on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 10:43pm
As usual Somerby buries the lede:
"What really counts from Congo: Dowd’s column teaches a lesson today in the meaning of “tabloid” journalism. Before pretending to discuss something important, Dowd burns up half her piece with Clinton’s briefly awkward moment. Cable “news” has had a ball with it too. It’s what these imbeciles live for.
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Submitted by DCblogger on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 12:11pm
Mureen Dowd
I wondered how long it would be before some guy in Bangalore was writing my column about President Obama.
What are the chances that some guy in Bangalore would actually constitute an improvement? Read below the fold...
Submitted by BoGardiner on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 7:43am
Environmentalists, social activists, feminists, atheists, political junkies... our modern Swifts and Voltaires. George Carlin blended anger and satire to blissful perfection, Grist Magazine is doing it for environmentalism, and Melissa McEwan does it for sexism and racism at Shakesville.
As the Obama euphoria fades, expect much more of this, from 23/6:
The Reader's Guide to Maureen Dowd Read below the fold...
Submitted by Tinfoil Hat Boy on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 11:40am
Egad. Someone make it stop. Today is Pwn Obama Day for Maureen, and she's trying real hard (subscription only, to protect your eyes):
Can He Unleash the Force?
Obama is Luke Skywalker.
But often he reverts to Obambi, tentative about commanding the stage and consistently channeling the excitement he engenders.
Yep, you read that right. Obama is Bambi. Read below the fold...
Submitted by vastleft on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 6:45am
Submitted by leah on Sat, 06/10/2006 - 2:59pm
The breadth of coverage Yearly Kos is getting from the "old media," aka, the SCLM, appears to be rather stunning, from Adam Nagourney to Maureen Dowd - okay, that's like saying from A to B, and talk about the dizzy heights of not quite adequacy, but there are reports of Fromkin's presence, and I thought I saw Ron Brownstein scribbling away in what appeared to be a traditional "Press" section at the Plame Panel. Read below the fold...
