Speaking of Maureen Dowd...
...whom I refuse to call MoDo, the way insider journalists always do...
In yesterday's NY Post, Liz Smith had a hilariously bitchy item about Dowd. Rather than navigate the Post's horrific website—which, along with the Boston Globe's and Major League Baseball's, is one of the worst on the web—I'm just going to reprint it.
Maureen was spotted at Seattle locales recently with the Starbucks honcho Howard Schultz. She was in town for a noon gig at Starbucks headquarters pitching her bestseller, "Are Men Necessary?" Warmly introduced by Howard himself, Maureen went on to charm the caffeine-loaded crowd with her banter.She told them she'd had a t-shirt custom-made for the coffee man. It bore the question on the front "Is Howard Necessary?" and on the back it read, "Oh, yes!"[RB: Oh, no.]
The coffee-ist and columnist met at a dinner soiree in the Seattle home of Michael Kinsley, ex-Slate editor, and Patty Stonesifer, CEO of the Gates Foundation. That Maureen travels around in high cotton while pretending to be just another ink-stained wretch.Ouch!
I don't know why Liz Smith dislikes Dowd, but she clearly does, because Liz Smith is never that pointed. But I couldn't agree more. There's just something about Maureen "Oh, yes!" Dowd that is so clearly fake—including, I have a feeling, some of her facial structure. And it's true: She's the first to haul in her working class roots (she's Irish, Dad was a cop) when it's convenient. But she doesn't seem to have much interest in the
little people these days....
