# Maureen Dowd of the NY times takes on Palin resignation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974 "2009-07-05T13:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/1 "2009-07-05T13:58:29Z")
[Maureen Dowd of the NY times takes on her resignation here](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/opinion/05dowd.html?_r=1&ref=opinion) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/2 "2009-07-05T14:27:40Z")
What am I missing? That seemed rather shallow and considerably less than her best stuff. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/3 "2009-07-05T15:01:43Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What am I missing? That seemed rather shallow and considerably less than her best stuff. It’s was pretty much a snarkfest but I think it does put the lie to the notion floated by some that Palin is doing this to set herself up for something bigger and better by pointing out in no uncertain terms just how batshit crazynuts this move appears to many people. Contrary to many who think there is huge scandal shoe dropping in the near future IMO Palin has demonstrated a fairly low tolerance (for a politician) for frustration and not getting her way in her career to date, and is a classic “likes to dish it but can’t take it” personality. I think that all things considered re the media swarm, lawsuits, comments about her family etc. and (very importantly) the drain on their personal finances, she might well have decided that she’s had enough and made an implusive decision to bail. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/4 "2009-07-05T15:15:13Z")
Did you know you can highlight a word in the NY Times and then click on the ? that appears above it to get the definition? Now I know what solipsistic means. And brickbat. Casuistry. I thought Dowd focused too much on how Palin was ready for the white house because she’s crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/5 "2009-07-05T15:25:20Z")
That’s awesome! I finally know who Sarah Palin is… ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/6 "2009-07-05T16:01:42Z")
Best quote from that article: > [@](#): > > Sarah wanted everyone to know that she’s not having fun and people are being mean to her and she doesn’t feel like finishing her first term as governor. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/7 "2009-07-05T16:28:21Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What am I missing? That seemed rather shallow and considerably less than her best stuff. It was typical of her bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/8 "2009-07-05T18:20:19Z")
> [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#): > > Did you know you can highlight a word in the NY Times and then click on the ? that appears above it to get the definition? [This](http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/ny-times-mines-its-data-to-identify-words-that-readers-find-abstruse/) tells you which words have been looked up the most. If you’d rather not click, here’s the list: sui generis solipsistic louche laconic saturnine antediluvian epistemological shibboleths penury sumptuary schadenfreude peripatetic abstruse parlous enervating adenoidal feckless solipsism ersatz fealty sanguine sartorial hagiography pandemic hagiographic dauphin antebellum paroxysm risible interlocutor swine apotheosis comity Atreus banal profligacy Sisyphean inchoate apoplectic neologisms bildungsroman peroration fungible recondite bonobo phlogiston contretemps appurtenances glut fecklessness ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/9 "2009-07-05T18:39:12Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > It was typical of her bullshit. I’m not seeing anything that isn’t factual or a reasonable parody of the situation. So, where’s the bullshit you speak of? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/10 "2009-07-05T18:44:15Z")
n/m ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/11 "2009-07-05T19:05:59Z")
Maureen Dowd’s columns, I admit, usually leave me somewhere between cold and annoyed. This one was definitely on the cold end of the spectrum. Gail Collins is a much funnier liberal commentator on the news, for my money. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/12 "2009-07-05T21:25:23Z")
Hell, even lefties don’t like Dowd that much. You’ll find her relegated to the “Mean Girls” column by the occasional Daily Kos diary. She tends to be much too impressed by her own wit. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-of-the-ny-times-takes-on-palin-resignation/501974/13 "2009-07-05T22:15:34Z")
Well, I will say that’s a flattering photo.