To his credit, he knows that and mostly sticks to using his own mic and his own format… But I see your point ‘more betterer’ now.
]]>I have to disagree somewhat. Limbaugh will, given enough time, sooner or later make a point. It might take 20 minutes but he gets there. I haven’t seen that from Dowd in about a year and a half.
I personally think Dowd has been reading too many liberal blogs. (no really)
(It happens on righty blogs too but…) On Lefty blogs, snarkyness and putdown are the height of the discussion. Claiming George Bush used cocaine and was AWOL is a proxy for a debate over social security.
On lefty blogs, the people who simply hurl (often off topic) insults* get all the praise. She is (subconsciously?) trying to get that praise.
My theory is based on nothing more than reading her for the last few years. I might be dead wrong but I’d put 10 bucks on it.
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* For the record it happens on righty blogs too but not near to the same extent. Also (as a general statement) on righty blogs the insults tend to be germane to the discussion. The notable exception, of course, being the omnipresent Ted Kennedy driving jokes.
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