Obama also allowed Hillary supporters to insert an absurd statement into the platform suggesting that media sexism spurred her loss and that โdemeaning portrayals of women ... dampen the dreams of our daughters.โ ... It would have been better to put this language in the platform: โA woman who wildly mismanages and bankrupts a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar campaign operation, and then blames sexism in society, will dampen the dreams of our daughters.โ
Maureen Dowd[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.
Maureen DowdThe Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House.
Maureen DowdWe are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures us that they are not better and no happier than all the people with their noses pressed hard against the glass.
Maureen DowdYet it's true that looks matter in politics... It is also true that perfecting the outer shell has become an obsession in this country... Mitt Romney, Barack Obama and John Edwards almost always look good, and pretty much the same, in dark suits or casual wear. Fred Thompson always looks crepuscular and droopy. Often Hillary Clinton looks great, and sometimes she looks tired, heavier or puffier.
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