Her single minded hatred of Palin is an example of the insanity rage and jealousy can bring down on a lonely, bitter, nasty, house falling on, witch.

http://truthandcommonsense.com/2009/07/05/more-about-palin-and-dowd/

http://truthandcommonsense.com/2009/08/31/sarah-gets-a-thousand-requests-to-speak-dowds-head-explodes/

I get a kick out of watching her totally not get anything right. I can only imagine what her life must be like, or the lives of the people around her, including the poor sap who is in charge of cleaning up after the flying monkeys.

Just saying…

Let me see if I’ve got this straight, ace.

Maureen Dowd writes something that she heard in her head that was not in what Congressman Wilson actually said.

She then goes on to write an entire rant about this word that she imagines Wilson said, but that he did not,in point of fact, say.

But we are somehow supposed to respond to the charges Dowd makes that are based on nothing more than literally the voices in her head and the other hobgoblins that bedevil her mind…

Have I got that right, chum?

The lack of coherence lies not with the folks at PJM, but with Maureen Dowd.

Her charges are beneath contempt, and answering them would only serve to validate her notions, (and from a layman’s POV, possibly reinforce her in her neuroses).

Hey! I have reasons to TRUST the Farmer’s Almanac.
It has proven itself a handy reference in the past, and is usually full of interesting tidbits of verifiable and useful knowledge.

Unlike the NYT.

This conversation is about as useful or applicable to our daily political life as a diatribe about theoretical physics.

She doesn’t matter. She’s a fading diva in a tiny clique that is being daily revealed as more and more brainless, slavish, slobbering, absurd and out-of-touch.

Maureen Dowd is entirely irrelevant.

“Wilson clearly did not like being lectured and even rebuked by the brainy black president presiding over the majestic chamber. . . . Some people just can’t believe a lack man is president and will never accept it.”

But today we woke up to two news stories regarding blacks gone wild.

At the MTV Music Video Awards, in a bizarre scene where Taylor Swift (who is white) was giving an acceptance speech for her VMA Award, Kanye West (who is black) took the microphone from her hand, apparently because he apparently believed that Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” deserved the award instead. Rolling Stone reported:

“Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish, but Beyonce has one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!,” Kanye shouted to a mortified Swift and the speechless audience. According to sources at the VMAs, Swift was seen hysterically crying backstage after Kanye’s outburst, making it convenient that her performance of ‘You Belong to Me,’ which immediately followed the acceptance speech, was prerecorded. Wale, who is serving as MC for the house band, told the crowd, ‘You can’t fault a man for speaking his mind,’ which was promptly met by boos from the Radio City Music Hall crowd.

It would be easy to ascribe unvarnished racism as the animating force behind West’s outburst. West later apologized for his behavior.

Also on Sunday, tennis great Serena Williams had some apologies to make of her own. As reported by Total Pro Sports:

Last night’s semifinals match between Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters was the epitome of craziness as the game ended in the most unusual fashion after Serena was penalized on match point, costing her the game, set, and match. After already receiving a code violation warning for breaking her racket after losing the first set, Williams was serving 5-6, 15-30 in the second. She faulted on her first serve and on her second attempt was called for a foot foul by the line judge. That cost her a crucial point at an important part of the game as Clijsters was now one point away from advancing to the finals. Serena responded to the call in a rather inaffable manner, making her way over to the line judge to shout and curse at her as she waved her racket and ball in disgust.

Dropping the f-word liberally, Williams said, “I swear to God I’m [expletive] going to take this [expletive] ball and shove it down your [expletive] throat, you hear that? I swear to God.”

Again, was race the motivating factor behind Williams’ tantrum? Maybe. She could have been angry, losing to Clijsters (who is white) or one could take notice that the tirade was launched against the line judge who is a diminutive Japanese woman.

And let’s not forget Van Jones, who among other things, called Republicans (as Ben Stein put it) a “barnyard epithet.” Something Jones later had to apologize for on his way out the White House door.

But in the end, what difference does it make whether West’s tactless behavior was motivated by racism. It was still awful. The only bright spot of the episode was Beyonce’s graciousness in later inviting Swift back up to the stage to finish her acceptance speech.

What difference does it make whether racism caused Williams’ meltdown? It was shameful nonetheless.

We should declare a moratorium, or even better retire the old “racism” trope. Bad behavior whether by Wilson, West, Williams (is it racism, poor temperament or because their last names begin with “W”?) is still crass, rude and beneath the dignity of all involved. Let’s not questions anyone’s motives any more and just call unacceptable behavior out when we see it. There’s really no good reason to try to score extra cheap political points by crying racism to condemn already appalling behavior.