New York Times columnist and amateur marijuana user Maureen Dowd is facing a deluge of hate over her latest column, titled “The Clinton Contamination.”
Critics were less angry about Dowd’s denunciation of Hillary Clinton as a politician who “willfully put herself above the rules” in terms of handling classified information over email than they were about the following passage:
The president and his aides attempted to keep a rein on Clinton’s State Department — refusing to let her bring in her hit man, Sidney Blumenthal.
But in the end, Hillary’s goo got on Obama anyhow. On Tuesday, after Comey managed to make both Democrats and Republicans angry by indicting Clinton politically but not legally, Barry and Hillary flew to Charlotte, N.C., for their first joint campaign appearance.
See. She called the president “Barry.” That’s why people were mad.
Others weren’t very impressed.
For what it’s worth, Dowd has been calling Barack Obama “Barry” for years. Obama actually referred to himself as “Barry” until his freshman year in college.
When it comes to discussing President Obama, using the B-word isn’t the only thing that’s racist. Here are some other things you shouldn’t do, according to liberal pundits who aren’t named Maureen Dowd.
Call Obama “Obama”
MSNBC host Chris Matthews has said that referring to Barack Obama as “Obama” is an effort by conservatives to “delegitimize” the president.
Point out that Obama plays golf
MSNBC Lawrence O’Donnell has said that Republicans who talk about the president’s golfing habit are “trying to align…[the] lifestyle of Tiger Woods with Barack Obama.”
Mention Obama’s Ivy League education
Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart accused Gov. Rick Perry of using a racist “dog whistle” when he referred to Obama as “privileged” in the context of his education at Columbia and Harvard Law School.