You have to love Maureen Dowd. She took shots at the Clinton White House during the Lewinsky scandal. She appears to despise the Bush White House. Now, she’s written a book called Are Men Necessary? I guess the answer depends on who is asking the question…
CNN did a story on the ruckus the book is causing. My favorite letter to the editor about the book is this:
“Will someone please marry Maureen Dowd?” asked one letter writer. “She has managed to spin her inability to find a suitable mate into a national crisis.”
Not very nice. Of course, Dowd’s views on politics and gender aren’t sweet either:
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again,” she began. “Men are simply not biologically suited to hold higher office. The Bush administration has proved that once and for all,” she continued, before firing darts at former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, President Bush and the “Mean Girls cabal headed by Dick Cheney, Rummy and the Rummy aide Douglas Feith.”
Or, this one…
“There’s a body of evidence now that the Y chromosome is rotting at such a fast rate that it will go out of business in about 100,000 years,” she said on “American Morning.”
This is not exactly good news for romance heroes. But, if men really are dissolving (de-evolving maybe?) at such a fast rate, think how much better fictional men will look. My favorite part of the entire story is the book’s cover. It’s very Nancy Drew and the Case Of The Watchtower looking.
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I assume she’s a hard line lesbian?
I can’t fully disagree with her though, about men’s inabilities when it comes to running the country. I think it’s time women were given a chance to rule the world. I’d be more than happy to take the oval office, you can take number 10 Downing Street.
My first major ruling would be to hold summit meetings in Mauritius and St Lucia. Scotland and Geneva just wont do.
Free bikini’s and Calvin Klein sarongs for everybody.
by Karen Scott November 16th, 2005 at 12:21 pmI always enjoy her editorials. My local paper prints one every Sunday and it drives my husband insane (white, male Republican, of course it does) but I love her. I enjoy her skewering of the Bush administration (because, clearly, I’m so NOT Republican, lol)
by AngieW November 16th, 2005 at 12:41 pmLOL! It does look like a Nancy Drew book.
by Jordan November 16th, 2005 at 9:41 pmI have nothing intelligent to say, except great blog and thanks for including me in your sidebar, HelenKay!
On the other hand, that sounds very smart.
Cindy,
by Cindy Procter-King November 17th, 2005 at 1:56 amreturning to her GH-prep dungeon
Karen – I’ll take 10 Downing Street – I love London and certainly can do a better job than what we have going on now. And St. Lucia it is!
Angie – I have the same democrat/republican breakdown in my house. Gives me a headache.
Jordan – It just shouts 5th grade to me.
Cindy -Welcome! I enjoy your journal and hope others are reading along as well. Good luck with GH.
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