good rant about Maureen O'Dowd on Letterman

[hadrons]

Talk about letting flattery go to your head. I guess this hag took all the talk about her "hotness" to heart, but she had no business wearing that sleeveless get up last night. All I could see was wringly arm skin boiler-but that is not the same as being a hotty. I turned over to Leno and alanis morresette looked super hot by comparison.

Oh, and calling your book "Are men necessary?" would be really clever, witty and ironic. In 1974. Now its just old, annoying and jumping on a band wagon of titles like All men are liars, boys are stupid etc etc etc etc ad nauseum.

O'Dowd explained the title by saying men are no longer necessary for reproduction. Really? Did I miss something? How many people are the product of two eggs fertilizing each other?

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[Stephanie]

1. wringly arm skin boiler?

hag? WTF?

[BlueEyedSon]

2. MoDo: "Looks like Ginger, sounds like Mr Howell."

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

35. "Fucks like Gilligan."

Edit to add: I'm not sure those three words have ever been put together before. :shrug:

[BlueEyedSon]

37. you mean *never*?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

52. Maybe Bob's girlfriend...

:shrug:

[Captain Hilts]

3. If you're going to rant about her, you should get her name right. nt

[Warpy]

4. Yes, all women over 30 should be taken out and shot

because the sight of a female body showing the signs of age is an abomination. :sarcasm:

[Burma Jones]

5. I didn't know her middle initial was "O"

now that post is catty - meow......

You know, it's supposed to be the feminists without the sense of humor.........:sarcasm:

[iconoclastNYC]

6. VIRGIN BIRTH is what she's talking about

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1676240.stm

They can trick and egg into dividing without being fertilized by a sperm. Its only in the lab. Eventually they'll be able to carry a fetus to term without a women tho I doubt any man will have the license to write a book titled: "Are women necessary"

And your points about her "hotness" are true. I don't think any women her age should be talking about how hot she is. Especially a woman who went thru a Diane Keaton phase of wearing Menswear. Decidedly not hot.

You know what's hot Maureen? Modesty.

[Missy Vixen]

36. I disagree

>I don't think any women her age should be talking about how hot she is.<

There are millions of women over 40 who are sizzling hot to those who love them.

Julie

[Tony_Illinois]

7. I Am a Maureen Dowd Fan --

her columns are witty, bright and absolutely brutal regarding the Bush dynasty and its minions. There are so many more media people deserving to be ripped than Maureen.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

31. Yeah, but..

..she was showing her ARMS!!

She's an embarassment to the profession of journalism/punditry, I tell ya!

[LisaM]

8. Did you even watch the show?

She looked fine. Are you afraid of the aging process? It's her bad luck she happened to go on right after Charlize Theron, who is much younger, but she did manage to get in some substantive conversation, unlike Theron who talked about doing gymnastics for a movie and the upcoming Oprah appearance on Letterman. Maybe your post should be titled "Are Women Necessary (After Forty)?" because you clearly don't think so!

[hwmnbn]

12. Yep. When Dave said he was confused....

about the Plame-Libby leak scandal, MoDo said she could clear it all up for him in two words. Cheney guilty.

I thought that was bold. LOL

[Cha]

24. Thanks! That's what I'm interested

in ..not her fucking looks.

[applegrove]

9. That's like saying corporations are no longer necessary for trade.

They aren't necessary. If they act nice then perhaps we will let them hang around.

[Marr]

10. I've never been a Dowd fan- but who gives a shit about her clothes?

My problem with Dowd is that she's halfway between a gossip columnist and a commentator. Lots of frosting, not much cake.

[soleft]

11. your post strikes me as rather sexist

seems to me you could criticize her work without remarking on her hottness

[Beaverhausen]

13. Totally sexist.

Do we ever see comments on male guest's "hotness?"

But in my humble opinion, not only did she look great, she was funny and smart. I too loved the "Cheney guilty" bit!

[Captain Hilts]

21. Men's clothes don't generate conversations about 'hotness'. nt

[NYCGirl]

23. When one refers to someone's "hotness", they aren't critiquing their

clothing. They are referring to what's beneath the clothing.

:evilgrin:

[Captain Hilts]

25. Men's clothes don't give you as much an impression of what's beneath...

clothing as women's clothes do.

In fact, men's clothes are designed to hide stuff. Women's clothes are generally much more revealing. If you don't wear revealing stuff, people think you're a lesbian.

[NYCGirl]

27. Obviously, women have better imaginations than men and are more

observant.

:evilgrin:

[Captain Hilts]

39. Women's bodies are part of the public domain, men's bodies aren't. nt

[Clark2008]

43. What?

I think men would turn three shades of red if they ever caught wind of the conversations women hold whilst discussing men's bodies.

Don't think for a minute we don't check out pecs, backsides and, yes, the package.

Jeans and sweats, my dear, DO NOT "hide" mens' bodies.

:evilgrin:

[Captain Hilts]

50. People feel they have a right to observe women's bodies...

in public settings. If women don't wear revealing clothing they're called "uptight" or are accused of being lesbians.

Compare what men wear to the academy awards compared to women. Compare what the average waitress wears compared to the average waiter. Compare what the women who compete in 'beach vollyball' wear compared to what the men wear. Women are expected to show it off and be decorative. Men aren't. Men can go their whole lives wearing boxy suits and baggy pants and it's okay.

[A Simple Game]

28. They do if your nickname is Tweety

and you are describing a flight suit.

[TahitiNut]

42. Re: Do we ever see comments on male guest's "hotness?"

Yes. :shrug:

[LostinVA]

14. Agreed -- and hag? WTF? Isn't it almost 2006?

[mondo joe]

41. If her looks devalue MoDo, imagine if it were Helen Thomas.

I can't think of something more dumb than griping about her arms.

[LostinVA]

45. I know, MJ

I've meant Helen Thomas in person and chatted with her for about 30 minutes (I was in charge of a book signing), and I can say this: Helen is a truly beautiful woman.

[Neocondriac]

15. To each his own.....

I love Maureen's work. She's brave and bright. And for the record , men don't typically chase brave , bright independent women.

[Captain Hilts]

19. The right kind of man does. nt

[ellenfl]

16. maureen dowd rocks!

your characterization of her is so 1950's. she is smart, witty and is NOT judith miller . . . with whom she worked. i thought she looked great altho' she is not the most gregarious guest. at least what she has to say has punch. yup, 'cheney's guilty' pretty much sums it up.

ellen fl

[Cleita]

17. I thought she looked nice although I agree that women shouldn't

wear sleeveless after a certain age. I thought she had some really pointed criticism of BushCo and the Repubs in her remarks.

[Captain Hilts]

18. MoDo admits to not being a good interview....

and with sometimes wearing kooky clothes.

Both make her seem more 'normal' to me. Like folks I hang with.

[Beaverhausen]

26. My boyfriend thought she looked great

so what if she isn't a size 0? She's a mature woman - with arms.

[Fenris]

20. I like Maureen Dowd.

And I find her attractive. And I'm 21.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

29. I agree..

..and I'm 22. :D

[lpbk2713]

22. Sorry...... But I lost you at *wringly arm skin boiler*

:shrug:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

30. Yeah. Please explain.

Maybe my Canadianness is preventing me from comprehending that terminology..

[Democrat 4 Ever]

32. Maureen Dowd rocks. Terrible interviewee but a hell of a writer.

She can skewer the highest and the lowest, the best and the dullest if she chooses. Who gives a damn what she looks like? Like others have said, your comments are a little too superficial for my taste.

[ShadyCharacter]

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[Nikki Stone 1]

34. Actually, scientists can take two eggs and make a baby using a chemical

to dissolve (I think) the outer membrane. I don't know the name of the procedure, but experimentation goes back to the late 1970s and the procedure can now be done but apparently it is quite expensive.

This of course has nothing to do with Maureen Dowd...

[Beausoir]

38. She looked fine but acted like a silly school girl.

I expected something more serious from her. I hate all that cutsey squirm in your chair stuff from grown women. Katie Couric does the same thing.

[Captain Hilts]

49. I find that tiring too, but Dowd admits to being a bad interview and ...

with being very uncomfortable with it.

She went for over ten years without appearing on television at all.

[mondo joe]

40. I thought she was fine. Her strength is not as an interview.

And she seems attractive as well, not that I think that's even relevant.

[mitchum]

48. Yes, her strength is snarky "wit" in 800 word bits

[bluedawg12]

44. I like her! her title is a"farce"- you know, not serious.

So what if she is called a hottie?

Resent women in the public arena for being smart and for being called attractive by others?

Her arms were not like Alanis Morrissette? really.
so what?

Maureen has written about shrub and judiththeneoconhag and told the truth.

Sad, women are still judged by a bullshit double standard of, that men never are...often by other women.

[LostinVA]

46. I notice the OP never came back to this thread.

[mitchum]

47. She's just a third-rate Dorothy Parker wannabe...

who really needs to get over herself

And in that spirit:

Men seldom seek bliss
With broads of such hubris

[Catherine Vincent]

51. Who's Maureen O'Dowd?