Maureen Dowd
The White House sure does look duplicitous on this Benghazi attack
Last time it was Condoleezza Rice helping her war-obsessed bosses spin their deceptive web, as they recklessly tried to re-engineer the Middle East. This time it was Susan Rice offering a noncredible yarn as the Obama team desperately tries to figure out the Middle East…
Susan Rice’s tumble is part of a disturbing pattern of rushing to pump up the president on national security, which seems particularly stupid because it’s so unnecessary.
Last year, the White House had to backtrack from the overwrought initial contentions of John Brennan, a deputy national security adviser, who said Bin Laden died after resisting in a firefight and that he was “hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield.”
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Rut-roh…
The Count on October 3, 2012 at 4:14 PM
But… but… Bush did it too!
Hill60 on October 3, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Wake the %^#% up
Or welcome to the party, pal
jaywemm on October 3, 2012 at 4:22 PM
Ah… nothing like a good ole marginalized “scolding” from Dowd.
Most of her idiot readers will think “hmm, sounds like its par for the Executive course, Bush clearly did something similar, I’ll give Obama a pass”
It doesn’t matter there are zero similarities.
Odie1941 on October 3, 2012 at 4:26 PM
But Susan Rice looked fab in that spectacular black dress three weeks ago.
Simply smashing.
SteveMG on October 3, 2012 at 4:26 PM
When you’ve lost Maureen Dowd….
Dr T on October 3, 2012 at 4:27 PM
Can we lose her? Please?
Bitter Clinger on October 3, 2012 at 4:33 PM
Yup. Sure looks that way. We’re counting on you, Maureen, to deflect any heat toward the duplicitous individual designated to take the fall.
spiritof61 on October 3, 2012 at 4:34 PM
MoDo: Dear Leader is so cool and effective there is no need to lie about his mistakes. That mean old Susan Rice went out there on her own and lied. This is why the legacy media is so dangerous to America.
d1carter on October 3, 2012 at 4:35 PM
Put down the Cucumber Maureen.
ToddPA on October 3, 2012 at 4:36 PM
This woman does not give up. Now it’s Susan Rice’s fault along with other White House advisors, all giving Barack a bad name while the real foreign policy bumbler is Romney.
Mitsouko on October 3, 2012 at 4:38 PM
I pretty much stopped reading right there. Same old “blame Bush” or “Bush did it too” garbage.
UltimateBob on October 3, 2012 at 4:45 PM
MoDo is a Cupid stunt
Rio Linda Refugee on October 3, 2012 at 4:46 PM
You’ll have more to drink for yourself.
CurtZHP on October 3, 2012 at 4:47 PM
You’ve won !
Really, not hard to lose her. Two variables will get her every time.
Jabberwock on October 3, 2012 at 4:48 PM
The White House sure does look duplicitous on this Benghazi attack
How did Obama so anger Maureen Dowd? Isn’t she getting her free Obama condoms or is she angry that she has no need for free condoms?
RJL on October 3, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Not to worry, her next column will ravage Romney and raise Obama to the highest pedestal in the heavens.
albill on October 3, 2012 at 5:37 PM
Memo to MoDo:
WWI: Writing While Intoxicated
Putting your foot on the floor will help the room stop spinning.
viking01 on October 3, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Guess most “When you’ve lost Maureen Dowd…” people here did not read her article – she mostly dumps on the Bush administration and polishes up Obama with:
“…overzealous effort to burnish a president who did not need burnishing — especially against foreign policy bumbler Mitt Romney and foreign policy novice Paul Ryan — “
and
“…will the president get the credit he deserves if his acolytes have left the impression that they’re willing to rewrite the story for political advantage?”
Maureen is as enamored with Obama as she ever was…it is people around him that are failing him.
albill on October 3, 2012 at 5:45 PM
” people here did not read her article
albill on October 3, 2012 at 5:45 PM
No one here wants to enrich the NYT by even a 1/1000 of a cent by following the link.
RJL on October 3, 2012 at 6:01 PM
The comments from the article are lesson in straw men and emotive reasoning.
In a nutshell:
Bush and Cheney lied about 9-11
Darryl Issa is a liar
Even if Obama lied, it’s okay because of the above.
ironbill on October 3, 2012 at 6:12 PM