Perino Responds to Dowd’s Tongue-Lashing of GOP Mean Girls
- Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:30pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd used her space this Sunday to rail against “Republican Mean Girls.” But to former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, the uncomfortable rant was “stereotypical,“ ”uncalled for,“ and ”irritated me.”
Dowd — who may have been hurt by Republicans or attractive cheerleaders in the past — compares X-only-chromosomed conservatives to “grown-up versions of those teenage tormentors who would steal your boyfriend, spray-paint your locker and, just for good measure, spread rumors that you were pregnant.”
The leaders of the conservative female hit squad, she says, are Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Nevada Senatorial candidate Sharron Angle, “Queen Bee” Sarah Palin, and Delaware’s “sweet wannabee” Christine O’Donnell.
They have “replaced Hope with Spite and Cool with Cold,” she writes, and “are the ideal nihilistic cheerleaders for an angry electorate.”
Yet to Perino, the piece is nothing more than a “stereotypical and uncalled for” rant that lumps all Republican women into one simple category: mean. “Can women have moments they aren’t proud of?” Perino asks on NationalReviewOnline.com. “Sure. But to write all conservative and Republican women off as mean is . . . mean.”
Channeling here best psychologist, Perino ponders the origins of Dowd’s column:
Perhaps she was a mean girl. Or maybe mean girls picked on her. Not in high school, but in adulthood — and now she can think how powerful she is by writing catty columns on America’s most liberal editorial page.
Usually Perino would ignore such a piece. But in this busy mid-term election season when “most conservative women running for office don’t have time to stop and be petty,” Perino can be. “I can do that for them.”
“Two can play at that game, sister,” she tells Dowd.
Maybe next week’s column will be about mean former press secretaries.
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dirtytricksjusttowin
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:19pmDana, Maureen is a person with a very unfortunate past. This kind of people you just have to understand.
Hurt people, hurt people.
Report Post »cranes
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:15pmDowd is definately a MEAN GIRL herself and is just projecting onto others what she feels herself. She is really a sad person. Thank God the Republican women are confident, emotionally healthy, and strong. They are what this country was made from originally. Dowd is just a showing her envy when she writes like she does. So very sad!
Report Post »BocaBaby
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:04pmOK-i am a about as conservative as they come, SO I hardly would be disagreeing on the above subject matter……but as stated on another thread here…..
Dana Perino is part of the RHINO club-she may be ‘cheerful’-but she is only part of the ‘old boys’ old republican guard…..she is honesly ‘in bed’ (sorry) with Rove and undermines Palin and O’Donnel by REFUSING to ever real KINDLY say anything that will actually help them. She is part of the behind-the-scenes people to elect Romney…..
She may be a female, she may not be on the same side as the left wing witches………..but she does NOT REPRESENT me.
ALSO-SHE HAS YET TO SAY ANYTHING TRULY ‘NICE’ ABOUT THE TEA PARTY.
Also, her writing ability is less than anything ‘highbrow’…..she says Dowd has, “a way with words”……seriously this is not a colum…..it is written like a blog….
Perino is BAD for the conservative movement……because at the core level she is not a TRUE conservative, and she can be bought$$$$$ and at a time when Rove and others are showing their true colors, she is too.
We need people out front that WE CAN TRUST. We need people that are not suck-ups to the establsihment.
************TO DANA PERINO:
I dare you Dana to SERIOUSLY co0me out and REALLY GIVE SOME SUPPORT TO LET‘S SAY CHRISTINE O’DONNEL OR ………SARAH PALIN.
As they say in the South….I double-dog dare ya!
Report Post »Linda in Oklahoma
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:19pmLet’s take care of the left on October 2, 2010. Then we can take care of the RINO crowd. I would like to add the Department of Education to the “erase” list. The DimStreamMedia has entered trickle status, ignoring them is the best bet. Thank you TeaParty for reviving my faith in America!
Report Post »DE OPPRESSO LIBER
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:27pmGood analysis. She is wishy washy.
Report Post »benbeaird
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:04pmperino herself lost some credibility by trashing christine odonnell with rove
Report Post »BocaBaby
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:15pmAbsolutely you are correct!!!! But on the bright side, that helps us to SEE what she really is, and who she really is working for.
I hope she realizes that we aren’t all so blind and stupid to not see through her actions…..one little ‘chirppy’ column does not really erase her previous, current missteps. I would like to think she is saavy enough to realize that, but I think she’s just so busy being cheerful :0
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:03pmThe dying cries of defeat from the left are getting more shrill everyday. I look forward to putting them out of their misery.
Report Post »akamaikamaaina
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:02pmhttp://thegspot.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/my-maureen-dowd.html
Report Post »“I’m not bitter.” Oh Maureen — who the hell do you think you’re kidding? The woman positively soaks in bitterness. Marinates in it. It oozes out of her pen and pours into just about every damn word she writes. Her bitterness has utterly corroded her soul.”
Waiting4George
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:57pmDana actually touches on a very important point. Our experiences shape us.However, Dowd proves a point I have been saying for years—too many people never get beyond high school in their world view and behavior regardless of their station in life. Walking around sulking, victimized, crying about how life isn‘t fair and refusing to vote for prom queen really shows ’em! Some things from God and nature you just can’t change by making laws. Physical beauty plus brains plus talent=Alpha females in women in our culture.
Report Post »BigBob924
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:53pmAre Marine Dowd, Rachel Maddow,Nancy P. and Helen Thomas the poster kids on the Dem girls?
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:58pmI’m trying to eat here
Report Post »Tyrone
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:04pmBigBob: I think that you are on too something. Any chance that you will be selling posters of these lovelies soon? It would make an excellent Halloween gift!
Report Post »Pelosis_Nemesis
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:07pmyeah ugly,smugly,fugly,and mugly
Report Post »Tyrone
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:52pm“grown-up versions of those teenage tormentors who would steal your boyfriend, spray-paint your locker and, just for good measure, spread rumors that you were pregnant.”
Report Post »Since she is obviously speaking from personal experience, she should call Doctor Phil! He could talk to her on the View and have very symphathetic hosts.
Endstatism
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:00pmI think Dr Phil would tell Maureen Dowd to grow up and get over it.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 8:18pmPoor Maureen Dowd, I remember when she was a rather attractive young woman. Now, poor thing, she’s just a mean-spirited dried up ol’ menopausal LIBERAL!
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:52pmmaureen dowd is just another ******* cow who just cant stand anyone who dont agree with her. if brains were explosives dowd wouldnt be able to blow her nose. i get so sick of the holyer than tho whiny b/s from the left. everyone is just suppose belive any kind of lies that any of the lefties spout. i think weve all seen more than enough of the lies and the they know best attutudes for 10 lifetimes. this progressive movement needs to be kicked in the ass once and for all this time. i hope all of you find it as hard as i do to keep my temper because of them trying to use our kids to push their sick agenda. i hope your as mad as i am and are demanding they all be charged with a crime. this is exactly what hitler did to the kids. are we going to let them get away with this?
Report Post »DE OPPRESSO LIBER
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 7:43pmAll enemies foreign and domestic. These liberals are subverting our constitution and are committing crimes against the people of this nation. How the hell did half of them even get security clearances? They all belong to groups that are out to overthrow our government. The indoctrination of all students all the way through to collage, this is the field of battle we need to win on. If we lose then there will be an insurgency fight in this country. I think a lot of us that love this country have already fought these type wars overseas and pray it never has to happen in this country. God bless the U.S.
Report Post »timeisnow
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:52pmI . would also like to add that Dowd and NOW are not only useless, but insignificant and as Extreme as they come…When a women’s group allows the ( W ) word to be called to a fellow women (Meg Whitman), they are no longer credible, they now become that very word!
Report Post »Country
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:50pmYou tell her sista, LOL.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:49pmdowd is a prime example of the left………intellectually deficient…………..and as all typical liberals can be found kicking and screaming on the carpet when they dont get their way.
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:49pmDowd — who may have been hurt by Republicans or attractive cheerleaders in the past — compares X-only-chromosomed conservatives to “grown-up versions of those teenage tormentors who would steal your boyfriend, spray-paint your locker and, just for good measure, spread rumors that you were pregnant.”
Report Post »*****************************
This is stupid…how dare she generalize conservative women like that!
Robert W
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 5:51pmAngrymob- Well said.
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 8:26pm@ Robert W
I left you some further instructions on the poll article…you said you were having trouble? Did you do what I said…and it still didn‘t show up or you don’t know where to start?
Let me know…unless you’ve already seen the poll article.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 9:37pmAngrymob- for some reason i couldnt post for a couple hours. I thought I thought they kicked me off for my abortion comments. They better get used to them. lol
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 10:05pm@ Robert W
I noticed that some comments were missing last time I looked…maybe she reported you…pretty petty.
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 10:08pm@ Robert W
Can’t stay on too much longer…evening church service…God bless. We’ll talk again soon. :))))
(It’s a non denominational church bible church here in the O.C.)
Report Post »wleeblake
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:49pmThe libs are scared and angry and lashing out, thats all they have left.
Report Post »bigbud
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 5:06pmThey are very scared, and scared prople react in a not so smart way, by lashing out. and the lashing out is only going to get much more pronounced. Just think, the progressives are about to take huge
Report Post »step backward , after taking so many steps forward in the last 90 or so years, except 8 yrs in the 80s.
The Toad
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:48pmMaureen Dowds comments are so childish and stupid! She was probably picked on as a child and it left emotional scars!!
Report Post »Pelosis_Nemesis
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:46pmHahahahaha Dowd is being the bully here, Pffft , more MSM hypocrisy , why don’t you go back to the drawing board and try again Maureen….FAIL
Report Post »PatriotMomof5
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:45pmI am continually amazed at the lack of maturity of the liberal minded. Maureen, if you have children, do you converse with them about the daily drama of teenage girls? Do you participate in the gossip of a parent who is a child’s friend instead of the parent? Dana Perino you said it best, you are mean. Grow-up.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 6:44pmHow true you are Mom of 5. Her response is so timely and is especially relevant at this time of year. What is happening now in Maureen’s High School Reflection? ……. HOMECOMING! IS SHE THE QUEEN OR WHAT? May be she did not make the Homecoming Court and is still lamenting the lack of attention.
Report Post »RebelAlliance
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 8:01pmI was thinking along the same lines. Is she still lamenting over high school? Good Lord…. time to move on…. It really does show you how close to the edge they are when this kind of junk is said…
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 12:20amLack of maturity of the liberal minded immediately followed by using the same insults you whined about. Grow up? Indeed…
Report Post »banjo
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:00ampray she did not procreate
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:45pmMean……one name comes to mind, BARBARA BOXER!
Report Post »Pelosis_Nemesis
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:49pmThat’s Senator BoxCar …she “worked so hard to get that title,” so she’d appreciate it
Report Post »Justthefactsmam
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:26pmHow about Princess Pelosi??
Report Post »banjo
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:54amall the crap justice thomas went through during his confirmation boxer was responsible for that ain‘t mean that’s viscous
Report Post »Anonimouse
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:43pmDowd has forgotten how she was mean to Obama in 06, picking on his big ears.
Report Post »Tyrone
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:59pmBoxer is saying that her oponent Fiorina should not be elected because she out sourced 30,000 jobs.
Report Post »But she invited and brags that NAFTA signer Bill Clinton has and will be campaigning for her. I guess that she and her supporters do not consider the several hundred thousand jobs that moved to Mexico because of NAFTA as outsourcing.
neverending
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:45pmIs that how they got ssssssssoooooooooooo big?
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:43pmLOL…mean former press secretaries. Good grief, where do these liberals get this stupid crap? Mean conservative women-where the hell did that come from? Sounds like some inner voices haunting Dowd from the past. Get a psychiatrist and get a grip.
Report Post »dantom
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:42pmDowd is a angry old skunk.
Report Post »dantom
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:42pmDowd is a angry old skunk.
Report Post »gopsnativeson
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 6:06pmSomeone needs to just punch him in the face.
Report Post »gopsnativeson
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 8:16pmDowd that is. lol
Report Post »timeisnow
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:40pmDowd, is the quintessentially Mean Girl of all time! She does nothing but Bash every Conservative she can get her hands on . What a wimpy approach toward the Conservative Women, she should be the President of NOW, with their Left Wing hate for the Conservative women, because they are usually pro choice, can have it all, and strive for it.. She and NOW are FAILURES in the conservatives minds because they allow limitations to control their lives, which renders the useless.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:27pmThe NAGS backed moonbeam, even after the “W” word was used on Meg Whitman. The only women the protect are their fellow libs!
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 7:07pmTIMEISNOW: Maureen Dowd is indeed the mean girl. Transference seems to be the order of the day in politics. Their own bad behavior is what they accuse the opposition of embracing. The mantras of the past couple of weeks are extremist and radical. The MSM all shifted together from racist and homophobe to the extremist/radical mode as if DNC advisors sent out a memo to redirect the attacks. Of course, the absurdity of these efforts seems to make no difference to them. They are confident that we are to stupid to know the difference.
Report Post »Maureen, sweety, you’re irrelevant. Your lack of integrity made you so.
banjo
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:50amyou wanna screw dowd up its easy maureen you are getting old and wrinkly kinda like your columns
Report Post »that should do it
Sunnyr
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:39pmMaureen Dowd is to be taken seriously? Who knew?
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:51pmDana Perino
Grande Juevos
Thanks
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:53pmThe “Wannabe Tyrant” will publicize the irrelevant using their “preponderance of the propaganda” to avoid a discussion of the issues. Pay no attention to the smokescreen.
The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny!!!!
http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:00pmI agree. Dana should not waste her time worrying about Dowd or anything this charlatan says. By the way, does anyone other than New Yorkers actually read Dowd?
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »HoaxNChains
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:27pmTo paraphrase a title from her own miserable book. “Is Maureen Dowd Necessary??????????????
Report Post »Peters
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:27pmIt’s pure irony . . .
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 4:35pm“grown-up versions of those teenage tormentors who would steal your boyfriend, spray-paint your locker and, just for good measure, spread rumors that you were pregnant.”
The leaders of the conservative female hit squad, she says, are Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Nevada Senatorial candidate Sharron Angle, “Queen Bee” Sarah Palin, and Delaware’s “sweet wannabee” Christine O’Donnell.
I notice how she tries to link the two very differential phrases with two different types of people – the first one is led by spite, fear, hate, rage, anger, jealousy, and whatever else negative emotions on these lines you find appropriate.
The second group of people are real leaders and movers who she seems to detest (or hate depending on the perspective you take) simply as they do not fit into her very narrow perspective through the Progressive blinders she has shuttered over her eyes, and the cotton stuffed into her ears while her hands are over them and she sings “la, la, la…” to drown out what she choses to ignore.
This ladies actions I find wrong, she can still chose to ammend the actions of the future, and learn from what she has done today and in the past.
I Pray that she will change in the heart, mind and spirit.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 5:14pmThese stories are getn dumber by the day. Im goin back to the real headline of the week- Rabbit eats eco friendly cars wires. That rabbit rocks!
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 5:22pmShe is taken seriously. The Winston-Salem, NC Journal pays for her weekly column. Juswt because we think she’s ???? doesn’t mean others fail to take her seriously. She is an attack dog.
Report Post »gopsnativeson
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 5:22pmDana isn‘t like her boss who wouldn’t fight back. She’s gonna kick him in the balls & then tell him how it really is.
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 5:49pmRepublican women are “grown-up versions of those teenage tormentors who would steal your boyfriend, spray-paint your locker and, just for good measure, spread rumors that you were pregnant.”
Maureen, did that happen to you? Is that why you are so bitter? Seek professional help to work out your issues.
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 7:54pmWhy are Liberal socialist women so butt ugly?
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 10:51pmMaureen, you only know to scream.
Report Post »Of your kind, I’ve heard it said
“Men couldn’t drink enough Jim Beam
to get them to take you to bed.
roadmaster
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 7:40amDowd is speaking to and for the elitist snobs she hang with. It is occasionally interesting to see just what is inside her little narrow brain – not much!!!
Personally, I don’t know of any woman as petty and pathetic as she – except my first wife, who, like Moreen, was a card carrying member of the NAG’s and a delusional and immature writer.
Report Post »slickmeister
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:29amI thought Maureen Dowd was a gossip columnist. Are there actually some out there who take her swipes seriously?
Report Post »amarielind
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:35pmWord out on the street is Ms. Dowd was dumped by her boyfriend…who knew a broken heart could turn so mean and bitter…..but we all now know why her boyfriend left!
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