Comments on: Dowd gets stranger—and less limpid

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:41:52 +0000

It’s perfectly within the democrats world view to describe themselves as a persecuted minority. The culture of the victim has been a democrat staple for a long time. Even though Obama has come from a perfectly middle class background, his membership in the victim class is going to be a familiar theme of the campaign. As many (including plenty on the Clinton team) have pointed out, a white candidate with his credentials would never have gotten as far as he has.

By: Perfected democrat

Perfected democrat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:37:02 +0000

Dowd is an institution there by deference to seniority and notoriety (mistakenly thought to sell the brand), so by definition she is beyond being corrected or edited, even in a formative alzeimers condition; Much like Jimmy Carter is to the Dimocratic Potty, though of course such behaviour in the pursuit of serious business is tantamount to self-destruction. If the dims fail to win this election do you suppose they will stop acting like total idiots and swing back to the center?

By: harry McHitlerburtonstein the Conservative Extremist

harry McHitlerburtonstein the Conservative Extremist — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:19:11 +0000

neo:

“isn’t anybody going over her columns at all before they’re published?”

Oh, I think they’ve abandoned standards long before this.

By: Ozyripus

Ozyripus — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:41:46 +0000

Wonderful! Malapropisms are great fun, such as one made by a friend, another old geezer who also likes a drink, and got carried away about the stupidity of “Global Warning!”

Neo’s helpful suggestions of what Dowd might have intended, i.e., “limp,” or “flaccid,” only added to my enjoyment. In this post-Modern world, “limp” associates with “wrist,” and “flaccid” with . . . . Nothing wrong with those, of course!

I think the answer to such Dowd-mistakes is not that the NYT doesn’t have copy editors, it’s that they are recent Harvard graduates.

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:15:16 +0000

maybe its a typo that makes a word, so isnt caught.

maybe she meant limpet? which has little to do with a fish (the incredible mr limpet), but is: any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.

i think she meant limped…
Lacking or having lost rigidity, as of structure or substance / To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily

By: Lassimore

Lassimore — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0000

I think the “shtetl mentality” referred to here is the tendency to ask, “What will the Gentiles think?” The Democratic convention version is, I guess, “What will the Republicans think?” Thus all the second-guessing about the color of Mrs. Obama’s dress, and so on….

By: Cappy

Cappy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:53:37 +0000

Huh? It’s really getting hard to follow what most Democrats and Liberals are saying any more. So, like they are saying they are persecuted, or are they endorsing shtettls be established here?