Even ostensibly serious figures made fools of themselves. Appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Bob Woodward opined: “My assessment, without having any knowledge, really, is that the... economic team around Obama convinced him that the economic crisis is so deep and going to require so much time, go ahead and give Hillary and Bill the world.” Many pundits immediately predicted that Hillary Clinton would subvert White House foreign policy for her own devious purposes. Slate’s Emily Yoffe, who also writes an advice column under the pseudonym “Dear Prudence,” urged that it’s “time for Hillary Clinton to get a quickie divorce from Bill,” apparently because as tout le monde knows, the former president is the only politician in Washington who ever committed adultery. Look, here’s the deal: There are two Hillary Clintons, the brilliant, conscientious U. S. senator about to become secretary of state and an imaginary character in a serial novel by Dowd and her many imitators. Dowd is essentially the Hedda Hopper of Washington, a witty gossip columnist better suited to chronicling the affairs of Angelina Jolie and Madonna than troubling her pretty little head with affairs of state. Worse, she pretends to be dumb.
Maureen Dowd the "Hedda Hopper of Washington"? That's a good one. All she needs is a closet full of hats. Better yet, a closet full of paper bags to put over her head after she writes her embarrassing screeds.
I don't think it will be long before the Obamas find themselves on Sally Quinn's official shitlist.
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