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Tuesday
08Nov2005

MoDo's New Book

modo3.jpgI never read Wonkette.  I was on a little trackback trail from Paul Belein's post in the Brussels Journal (see above) which led me to Scoopstories Blog (going to be an elementary school teacher, was a journalist: we despair) to Gawker (highly produced insider, connected stuff; looks and feels alot like Wonkette) to Wonkette, whose world has gone topsy-turvy since she learned that Maureen Dowd gets plenty of dates.  Who'd a thunk it, right?  This is one area where I must say the Wonkster and I see eye-to-eye (this and John Kerry, aka "Treebeard" not possibly ever having an affair with an intern.)

Anyway, she's in a dither, which is good for her readers because she has put up the results to a very funny poll that asks readers to complete this sentence: "Maureen Dowd Gets Laid Because..."

In the interest of logic and healthy skepticism, I would like to mention that (a) we only have MoDo's word for it that she gets plenty of dates; no man has come forward to corroborate this outlandish claim; (b) I know it's either terribly naive of me or terribly legalistic, but she doesn't say she gets laid, she says she gets dates; and (c) if you are a liberal woman just jam-packed with superior intelligence and deep disdain for the Y chromosome, you have an endless supply(a few million, anyway) of self-loathing hetero men (all Democrats) who are shallow enough to buy into your bu**sh*t for at least a few hours. OK, minutes.  And if you live in New York, your pool of potential "dates" expands geometrically to include the shallow leftist transgendereds, bisexuals, lesbians, and those homosexuals who think you're a female impersonator, which would be most of the gay guys in New York.

Oh yeah, all of this started because Ms. Dowd  has a new book out called, "Are Men Necessary?"   Better reading is this piece from the Weekly Standard, The Immutable Laws of Maureen.  Please read it: it took me an inordinate amount of time to Google it because I had read it ages ago and never bookmarked it.  I would be a less tortured writer if my memory were poorer or my filing skills were better.

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Reader Comments (5)

You're forgetting the most important thing. Maureen Dowd is hot. I said so on my blog so it must be true. She's at least the hottest woman on the New York Times Op/Ed page. Same diff.
November 9, 2005 | Unregistered Commenteryellojkt
Modo is looking rather freakish these days. The desperation is showing despite all the botox...
November 9, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterQuid2
mm, what do you mean by "We despair" regarding me. Despair as in "Oh, god, he's going to work with children, who are our future!" or "We despair since he left journalism."

Email me please.
November 11, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterScott Butki
I don't reply privately.
November 11, 2005 | Registered Commenterbbmoe
Ok, how about publicly here? I suggested email so I'd remember to come back here to check for a comment but I just bookmarked you so problem solved.

November 11, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterScott Butki
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