Although she did so by mimicking our esteemed VP Biden by plagiarizing John Marshall from TPM.
First John Marshall..
More and more the timeline is raising the question of why, if the torture was to prevent terrorist attacks, it seemed to happen mainly during the period when we were looking for what was essentially political information to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Then Maureen Dowd…
More and more the timeline is raising the question of why, if the torture was to prevent terrorist attacks, it seemed to happen mainly during the period when the Bush crowd was looking for what was essentially political information to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Allahpundit has the details.
(h/t to Brian Simpson)
What is supremely interesting about Dowd's explanation
Jack_Savage Monday, May 18th at 9:05AM EDT (link)Is that “she heard the line from a friend”. This exact line, word for word, was given to her by a “friend”, which was used by her, word for word, without attributing her “friend”, which resembled so closely the Talking Points Memo as to be indistinguishable.
BS of the highest order. But I guess when you break it all down, “plagiarist” and “liar” are distinctions without a difference.
Dowd must be the champ at the "Telephone" phrase-repeating game
6eorge Jetson Monday, May 18th at 2:26PM EDT (link)because no phrase survives that well without careful dictation.
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"Doppleblogger Dowdie", aka DD
6eorge Jetson Monday, May 18th at 11:34PM EDT (link)doppleblogger defintion
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