# Maureen Dowd - will you marry me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-will-you-marry-me/380093 "2006-11-12T10:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-will-you-marry-me/380093/1 "2006-11-12T10:39:10Z")
Aside from the fact that she is oh so hot and I am gay, I would consider it just because she is so funny and intelligent. From “ **A Come-to-Daddy Moment** ” 11/10/06 NYT > [@](#): > > Poppy Bush and James Baker gave Sonny the presidency to play with and he broke it. So now they’re taking it back. > [@](#): > > Mr. Gates, already on Mr. Baker’s “How Do We Get Sonny Out of Deep Doo Doo in Iraq?” study group, left his job protecting 41’s papers at Texas A&M to return to Washington and pry the fingers of Poppy’s old nemesis, Rummy, off the Pentagon. [Here is the rest of the article.](http://select.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/opinion/09dowd.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fMaureen%20Dowd) And today she said: > [@](#): > > The new Democratic sweep conjures up an ancient image: Furies swooping down to punish bullies. > > Angry winged goddesses with dog heads, serpent hair and blood eyes, unmoved by tears, prayer, sacrifice or nasty campaign ads, avenging offenses by insolent transgressors AND > [@](#): > > All the conservative sneering about a fem-lib from San Francisco who was measuring the drapes for the speaker’s office didn’t work. Americans wanted new drapes, and an Armani granny with a whip in charge. [The Drapes of Wrath.](http://select.nytimes.com/2006/11/11/opinion/11dowd.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fMaureen%20Dowd) Plus, she really is sexy and smart too… ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-will-you-marry-me/380093/2 "2006-11-12T12:13:24Z")
No, she won’t. I’m married to an Irish redhead, and know 5 others. They’re all very special, clever, intelligent, lusty women. The problem with your petition is the gay vs. lustly thing (being discreeet here). But that’s a very funny column, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-will-you-marry-me/380093/3 "2006-11-12T15:06:53Z")
Even at 54, Dowd is damned sexy. I like her idea of a matriarchy. As an insensitive, self destructive, arrogant male, I wonder if perhaps I _have_ been poisoned by my own testosterone. Point me to the temple of Hera. I want to worship at her feet. Especially if it makes a favorable impression on Dowd. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-will-you-marry-me/380093/4 "2006-11-12T16:03:21Z")
You can have her. I say dibs on Thomas Friedman! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-dowd-will-you-marry-me/380093/5 "2006-11-12T20:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=LavenderBlue] You can have her. I say dibs on Thomas Friedman! [/QUOTE] I suppose he is handsome in a distinguised way and definitely quite intelligent, but he has never made me laugh like she has.