• February 13, 2012

MAUREEN DOWD HAS A ZINGER, EVERYBODY: “The bank cloaks itself in a philanthropic glow while wasting our money, acting like the American Cancer Society when in fact it’s a cancer on American society.” See what she did there? And she’s referring to the bank Northern Trust, which she nicknames — wait for it — “Northern No Trust.” Since when can we not trust cancer? [NYT]

{ 40 comments }

Dave J. February 25, 2009 at 2:35 pm

Wait’ll she hears about the nickname I came up with for Hillary Clinton. HITLERy Clinton, GET IT??!1?!?!

Bruno February 25, 2009 at 2:37 pm

How much botox went into the photo in NYT compared to this one?

$1000 worth?

shortsshortsshorts February 25, 2009 at 2:37 pm

HEY-YO!111@!!~!!

She is awful. Sorry to people who disagree. SHE. IS. AWFUL. Therefore perfect for the NYT.

Polly Sigh-Entist February 25, 2009 at 2:39 pm

[re=252472]Bruno[/re]: Seriously, though, I know this isn’t Jezebel or anything but What IS With That Hair?

ManchuCandidate February 25, 2009 at 2:40 pm

Fuck, I’m agreeing with MoDo?

““They think of themselves as kings and queens,” he said. And they’re not ready to abdicate. ”

No, but neither did Louis XVI and Nicholas II.

snideinplainsight February 25, 2009 at 2:40 pm

Is it just me, or does she look nothing at all like the sad pomo-lit professor barbie whose picture is beside all of her times op-eds?

Peanut Inspector February 25, 2009 at 2:41 pm

I, too, cloaked myself in a philanthropic glow. I s-l-o-w-l-y opened the cloak.

The police responded a bit more quickly.

Lionel Hutz Esq. February 25, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Oh no she didn’t!

snideinplainsight February 25, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Oh, I love your critique of Derrida. Come on upstairs, I’ve got some Chai Latte and a Gypsy Kings CD.

(That’s what her NYTimes photo is saying. You’d think by now she’d have other places to look for dates.)
(Sorry if I offended anybody here -)

chascates February 25, 2009 at 2:46 pm

I think the ethical thing for Sheryl Crow to do now is give me some CDs in exchange for her illgotten gains.

shanemacgowan February 25, 2009 at 2:47 pm

“They think of themselves as kings and queens,”

So did Larry Craig.

SayItWithWookies February 25, 2009 at 2:47 pm

…the bank put out a letter noting that it “did not seek the government’s investment” even though it took it…
Wait — so the government forced money on a poor, hapless bank? Christ, I’ve been doing it wrong, apparently.

GreyPanter February 25, 2009 at 2:51 pm

Wow, she reported that the party that the bank threw included a “concert by Chicago (at a $100,000 fee)”. Things are bad when an entire city will perform for less than $.04 per citizen.

ManchuCandidate February 25, 2009 at 2:53 pm

[re=252485]SayItWithWookies[/re]:
It’s the bankers version of the rapist defense aka “Blame the victim.”

snideinplainsight February 25, 2009 at 2:54 pm

The two nice things about her picture;

1.) we can see that, admirably, she donated her eyebrows to charity years ago

and

2.) she’s of the class of women whose nose is going to keep growing well into old age, like an out-of-control cauliflower, and eventually crowd out her whole face.

Schadenfried February 25, 2009 at 2:54 pm

Why does she look like Arianna Huffington on meth in that pic?

Serolf Divad February 25, 2009 at 2:55 pm

[re=252488]GreyPanter[/re]:

That’s outrageous… Chicago isn’t worth more than $250.00 plus half the cover (after the bar bill is subtracted, of course).

magic titty February 25, 2009 at 2:56 pm

98% of all puns suck. Does she not know this?

NoWireHangers February 25, 2009 at 2:56 pm

You know, if the Times wanted to save money and itself they might consider laying off Madame Dowd. Then she’d really have some insight on this dastardly economic crisis.

Gopherit February 25, 2009 at 2:58 pm

Oh, MoDo, those likes were so much better when you were MILFy.

freakishlystrong February 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Mo and Peggington Noonington need to have a hair pulling, knock down, bitch slappin’ to determine whom of the two is the most pretentious…

WadISay February 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm

[re=252474]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: Maureen Dowd is…dowdy Maureen; a Times columnist with a column for our times.

There, kan i haz NYT rightz gig nd moar money now?

Fox n Fiends February 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Dowdy Dowd Dow

Cape Clod February 25, 2009 at 3:01 pm

Paying Chicago $100,000 for a concert is probably the most distressing thing in the article. Was Air Supply not available?

snideinplainsight February 25, 2009 at 3:01 pm

We haven’t forgotten the crappy treatment Al Gore received at your hands, Maureen, on the eve of the 2000 general elections! There are no more “practically lactating” jokes left in our reserve of good will for you, Maureen. That you are soaking up one of the NYT op-ed slots for your notionally liberal columns, so you can fart out your little Bill-and-Hillary anecdotes (or mostly just suppositions), while the Times stocks the other half of the page with asps and vipers like Kristol Meh and David tie-me-up-in-pink Brooks, is inexcusable!

There’s a page for what you do, Maureen, the gossip page.

Tommy Says Soooo February 25, 2009 at 3:06 pm

Whatever Happened to Baby MoDo?

Mustang February 25, 2009 at 3:14 pm

First you liberal media pawns say “Stimulate the economy!!!” Then when we do do, you get all huffy. Hellwitcha.

Larry McAwful February 25, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Ha, ha! This has inspired me to start calling Citibank “Crookedbank!”

NOBODY TAKE THIS BECAUSE IT’S MY BON MOT AND I’M COPYRIGHTING IT.

Christ, I’m clever.

TGY February 25, 2009 at 3:20 pm

Well, it’s true she could use a few classes in the ‘Taint of TruckNutz’ school of humor.

Cold War Unicorns February 25, 2009 at 3:23 pm

More like BORE-reen Dowd.

~Adam Sandler

Mr Blifil February 25, 2009 at 3:28 pm

I’m personally giving her a pass because fewer things are sadder than the plight of the Formerly Bangable.

Bruno February 25, 2009 at 3:30 pm

“Northern No Trust” …well someone’s getting the the game of meme-ing

drrty martini February 25, 2009 at 3:44 pm

Mr Denby devoted an entire chapter to Dowd’s brand of snark. I think both of ‘em ought to be slapped silly with some pale blue TruckNutz.

norbizness February 25, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Michael Douglas used to date his mom? WEIRD!

Bring Out Your Dead February 25, 2009 at 4:57 pm

A pity. She’s hit the wall…

Jukesgrrl February 25, 2009 at 4:59 pm

Forget about MoDo. I have something to say to Cheryl Crow:

I know a lot of musicians. When they are not on stage most of them are too spaced to do anything except diddle on their guitars unplugged and slurp beer. You were supposed to be different. Being a Democrat. Working for Hopey. LECTURING ME about how much toilet paper I use! And then you’re going to play for these GRAVE ROBBERS?????? You are dead to me, bitch. I will never spend another dime on you. And if you don’t believe it, ask Jackson Browne. I divorced him ON PRINCIPLE and all he did was beat up Darryl Hannah, whom I don’t even like. So you got $100,000, but you lost my $14.95. So there.

Mo MoDo February 25, 2009 at 6:17 pm

The American Cancer Society/cancer on American society is a near classic Dowdversion® and she puts at least one in every column and sometimes as many as a half dozen. When you have a trademark schtick you have to stick with it. And you haters are just jealous you didn’t think of it. And you’d hit it just for the bragging rights. You know you would.

DemmeFatale February 25, 2009 at 6:24 pm

[re=252510]snideinplainsight[/re]: Yes!!! Thank you!!!

hobospacejungle February 25, 2009 at 7:06 pm

[re=252545]Larry McAwful[/re]: This has inspired me to start calling Citibank “Crookedbank!”

Oh you think you’re so clever. I call rights to…get this…SHITTY BANK!!!11!!!

I AM FUCKING GENIUS IN HUMAN FORM. HA ha ha ha ha Shitty Bank. Get it? Citi Bank = Shitty Bank? Because it’s a shitty bank, right? Huh?

Maureen Dowd is personally responsible for 8 years of W due to her constant lying about Al Gore who apparently declined to fuck her in the broom closet at an xmas party sometime in the ’70s. SHE IS PERSONALLY TO BLAME FOR ALL OUR SORROWS.

BobLoblawLawBlog February 26, 2009 at 7:09 am

[re=252831]Jukesgrrl[/re]: You spent money on her albums before? Bwah!

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