Maureen Dowd gets serious for a change. (Arrest of gold star mother)

[Proud2BAmurkin]

Unusual to see Dowd use her column for anything serious. Maybe she's growing up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/opinion/19dowd.html

[NMDemDist2]

1. could you paste a few paragraphs for those of us without an account? n/t

[AlCzervik]

5. here ya go

WASHINGTON — In World Wars I and II, gold star mothers were the queens of their neighborhoods, the stars in their windows ensuring that they would be treated with great respect for their sacrifice in sending sons overseas to fight and die against the Germans and Japanese.

Instead of a gold star, Sue Niederer, 55, of Hopewell, N.J., got handcuffed, arrested and charged with a crime for daring to challenge the Bush policy in Iraq, where her son, Army First Lt. Seth Dvorin, 24, died in February while attempting to disarm a bomb.

She came to a Laura Bush rally last week at a firehouse in Hamilton, N.J., wearing a T-shirt that blazed with her agony and anger: "President Bush You Killed My Son."

Mrs. Niederer tried to shout while the first lady was delivering her standard ode to her husband's efforts to fight terrorism. She wanted to know why the Bush twins weren't serving in Iraq "if it's such a justified war," as she put it afterward. The Record of Hackensack, N.J., reported that the mother of the dead soldier was boxed in by Bush supporters yelling "Four more years!" and wielding "Bush/Cheney" signs. Though she eventually left voluntarily, she was charged with trespassing while talking to reporters.

[Cha]

13. "Trespassing"!! While fucking attending a

a first(sic)lady speech?!! Imagine Jackboots!

[roadrunner38]

11. Maureen Dowd

Right on!

[newyawker99]

12. Hi roadrunner38!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[duhneece]

14. Welcome RR38 to DU

I'm in south central NM and I see you almost everyday (well, I see a roadrunner!)

[Demeter]

2. Maureen and Her Ilk Gave the White House to Bush

She has a lot of nerve to complain about the results of her previous columns.

[billbuckhead]

3. It's about GD time she said something courageous

I'll take back all those nasty things I've said about her wasting her talent.

[agincourt]

4. I love that women,

when she calls republicans to task. When she's not wasting her time slamming dems to look "balanced", she is often spot on. Her editorial on Cheny's "you will die", is one of the best I'd seen in weeks. I couldn't believe my Omaha-ditto-monkey-Herald had printed it.

[RevCheesehead]

6. Some newspapers only publish her negative stuff

I found this out while in NC. My dad (in WI) would say "I really like Maureen Dowd. She gives it to both sides, and she's usually right on target." I said "No way. Everything is anti-Clinton."

And that's when I found out that the Durham Record-Herald was only publishing half of her articles. They decided to pick and choose which columns to publish. My eyes were opened.

I have "Bushworld" - and it's really, really good. When you put all of her stuff on the Bushes together, it's pretty damning.

[pacalo]

7. I thought my newspaper was unique in that respect.

The Times-Picayune in New Orleans chooses to print only the least inflammatory of Maureen Dowd's columns. I continue to subscribe to the paper because my husband likes the sports section & I like the crossword puzzles (from both LA Times & Chicago Tribune). Before we had the misfortune to get a coWard maneuvered into the WH, I used to read the paper from front to back but not anymore. I strictly get my news from the internet. I don't even open the Times-Picayune anymore.

[RevCheesehead]

8. You might want to drop them a note telling why you won't renew

that's a great way to get the point across.

[girl gone mad]

10. You can alway steal those sections from your neighbors.

;)

[DeepModem Mom]

9. Thanks for posting, Proud -- nt