Meet the Loons in the Press

On yesterday's Meet the Press, Maureen Dowd once again revealed herself to be a bit loony. This exchange says it all:

MR. RUSSERT: And we are back. Maureen Dowd, Hillary Clinton was on this program last week, and she said, "No matter what you may have thought about the war in Iraq, the fact is now we have to stay, and we have to win," in effect, and that to look back is the wrong way to go, and that to have a timetable for troop withdrawal would be a green light to the terrorists. There was not any room between her view and that of John McCain. What's going on with Senator Clinton?

MS. DOWD: Tim, I know you're salivating for a Hillary-Condi 2008 race, and it's interesting, because Hillary's nickname is "The Warrior" with her staff. And Condi obviously is the warrior, as she showed when she reviewed the troops in Wiesbaden this week in a "Matrix" dominatrix outfit that is going to put the Oscar women to shame in the high black stiletto boots...

MR. RUSSERT: Wait, who called it that?

MS. DOWD: The Washington Post did a analysis of it and said it was the epitome of female power dressing, a very laudatory analysis.

MR. SAFIRE: You never wear boots?

MS. DOWD: Yes, but it was the stiletto black boots reviewing the troops that showed female power.
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I wonder what Dowd's fashion analysis of Madeleine Albright was? I don't remember her in black stiletto boots or Janet Reno either. They both adhered to the Mamie Eisenhower look. They didn't display female power in their dress. Is that why they were such failures?

Dowd's support of the Washington Post's critique of Dr. Rice's attire is just goofy. It reflects her insecurities and doubts about her self-image and her own twisted fantasies more than anything else. Any substantive analysis of the Secretary of State takes a back seat in DowdWorld. Yes, focus on her boots, Maureen. Her footwear is what matters.