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JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
11/04/09

In reply to Oh Snap: Dowd On Limbaugh
...because what I want in a president is low self-esteem? #maureendowd
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morninggloria
11/04/09

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Rush Limbaugh reminds me so much of John Wayne Gacy. I can't look at him without thinking that his house is full of clown accessories and stashed victims. #maureendowd
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Penny
11/04/09

@morninggloria: Thank you so very much for that... #maureendowd
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sportz.star
11/04/09

In reply to Oh Snap: Dowd On Limbaugh
Oh Maureen, every time I think I'm quitting you because you've jumped the shark with your nicknames and critiques that infantalize in ways that just bug me, you go and do something wonderful like this. Brava. #maureendowd
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NefariousNewt
11/04/09

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Oooooooooo... BUUUUUURRRRRRNNNNNNNN!!! #maureendowd
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nyc-caribbean-ragazza
11/04/09

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"Now Limbaugh calls Obama the "man-child president."

The 48-year-old Obama is skinny and getting skinnier, but there’s nothing childish about him. He more or less raised himself and came to terms with his Oedipal demons on his own, and he radiates a hard-won maturity.

W., on the other hand, was like a kid who knew that Daddy’s friends would take care of him; he was always running off to the gym or going biking, leaving the governing to his regents, Cheney and Rummy, or incompetents like Brownie."

Thank you Ms. Dowd. It's like Rush is seeing another version of reality. #maureendowd
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Ratinski
11/04/09

@nyc-caribbean-ragazza: It's like Rush is seeing another version of reality.

...For the past twenty years or so. #maureendowd
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Raised-byHeathens
11/04/09

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We may not be able to say anything about the addiction itself, but the scoring drugs from your maid just makes me think of a fifteen year old yuppie douche getting pot from the maid. It does seem immature, because frankly, if you want to do drugs, get a dealer like the rest of us. #maureendowd
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Bitingpika
11/04/09

@Raised-byHeathens: You should totally write an etiquette book. #maureendowd
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BearDownCBears
11/04/09

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Conservatism means never having to say you're sorry. #maureendowd
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Penny
11/04/09

@BearDownCBears: Winwinwinwinwinwin. #maureendowd
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JessickerFletcher
11/04/09

@BearDownCBears: winner winner, chicken dinner. #maureendowd
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BearDownCBears
11/04/09

@JessickerFletcher: Good, because I'm out of groceries. #maureendowd
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CurtCole
11/04/09

@BearDownCBears: I'm going to put that on my wall, hilarious. #maureendowd
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frankie22
11/04/09

In reply to Oh Snap: Dowd On Limbaugh
Hey Maureen - if you want to snark on this guy, there's an abundance of character flaws to choose from. Laughing at someone's battle with addiction is not only insensitive, it's lazy writing. #maureendowd
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JessickerFletcher
11/04/09

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Whoa, whoa, whoa... hold on. Rush Limbaugh "loved the end of the movie 'Love Story'?" WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?! Is the world ending? Oh dear lord, we probably cried at the exact same moment. This is shocking. SHOCKING! #maureendowd
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FroderickFronkensteen
11/04/09

In reply to Oh Snap: Dowd On Limbaugh
Really, Dowd? You go after addiction? You know, racism, sexism, homophobia, political idiocy, a bad haircut, creepy disposition, and nonsensical rambling disguised as political thought were all good places to start in ripping this assclown to shreds. And you picked addiction. Way to go, journalism. #maureendowd
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JessickerFletcher
11/04/09

In reply to Oh Snap: Dowd On Limbaugh
Did Rush Limbaugh Just Get Told?

No?

Maureen Dowd, Go Tell Him.

Did Rush Limbaugh Just Get Told?

Yes?

*OH SNAP!* #maureendowd
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Penny
11/04/09

In reply to Oh Snap: Dowd On Limbaugh
Actually, I think that's called an addiction.

Slam this dipshit all you want, but I prefer staying away from the addict shit-talking. #maureendowd
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Lymed
11/04/09

@Penny: Thank you. Having an addiction is not immature. No problem criticizing him for hypocrisy in things he has said about drug addicts, but not for the addiction itself. #maureendowd
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CurtCole
11/04/09

@Penny: I don't think anyone has a problem with him using drugs and/or becoming an addict, it's just that he is such a fucking hypocrite about it. #maureendowd
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newyorkette
11/04/09

@Penny: Well I think the idea is partially that if you're an addict maybe you should be a little less judgmental about other people's flaws, but that's not our boy Rush's style. #maureendowd
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pantsless economist...access RESTORED
11/04/09

@Penny: Yeah me too, though the narcissism, over his head, and inexperienced bits still stand. #maureendowd
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Penny
11/04/09

@all: I understand what the beef is, folks. But, there are plenty of other things to attack him for.

Just because he would sink to the level of taking someone to task on an addiction doesn't mean I will. #maureendowd
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BeckyIva
11/04/09

@Penny: Yeah, I feel like I've been super defensive lately, but it demeans an argument so much to go after someone's personal choices or battles like this. There are so many valid reasons to critique Limbaugh... Going after his personal struggle with addiction, which is an illness, is just a low blow, and I think it makes Dowd the immature one. #maureendowd
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bluetrain84
11/04/09

@Penny: I agree, but my guess is that she chose his painkiller addiction to go after because it's not really something that either side can argue with--it occurred and that's that. Slamming his racism/homophobia/sexism would have resulted in his supporters arguing that what he says isn't racist/homophobic/sexist and that Dowd is just another super-sensitive liberal. #maureendowd
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ItchykooParker
11/04/09

@Penny: I would say the same, except for Limbaugh's unbelievable hypocrisy on the subject, even AFTER he was exposed. I have no sympathy. #maureendowd
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squeakel
01/27/09

In reply to MTV Documentary Reveals Misery Of Pill Addiction
I have a close friend from a wealthy family who became addicted to drugs. Some people were less than sympathetic. I wonder if they would have felt differently if the knew that her mom abandoned her and she had been raped twice - once as an eight-year-old in a public restroom and once by a group of guys from school when she was thirteen.

You can't dismiss someone's pain or diminish their struggle because of a little cash.
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Evie Havok
02/11/09

@squeakel: A "little cash" my foot.
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Scout
01/27/09

In reply to MTV Documentary Reveals Misery Of Pill Addiction
Here is the deal - Purdue Pharma should pay 100% for any/all Oxycontin rehabilitation / recovery programs - ALL of it! They withheld information about this drugs and its addictiveness.

I think this is way worse a crime than anything the tobacco industry ever did - you don't destroy your life in a span of a year by smoking. There is no comparison.

Further, any doctor who continues to prescribe Oxycontin should be fined.

Period.
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Shelwood
01/28/09

@Scout: Bullshit. People can take Oxycontin without becoming addicted. The addiction rate for those who use it properly is less than 5%.

I have RA, and when it first came out I took it as needed for two years. Never more than 2 10mg/day, seldom more than a few days in a row. No problem starting and stopping, no addiction. It's a great drug for those of us with severe pain conditions, much better than straight percocets.

However, once the junkies started smashing them, my state started putting severe limits and monitoring on doctors that prescribed oxycontin. Even though it worked well for me, my doctors didn't want to deal with the state, so now I have to get by with crappy pain meds. I live in pain because other people want to use my medicine to get high. Fuck them.
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Scout
01/27/09

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Finding compassion for people who have the resources to get help is always difficult for me.

My "inner dialogue" is quite cruel in cased like these.

That said, I don't get off on watching anyone in emotional pain / trauma
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