Comments on: Maureen Dowd gets it wrong

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:53:40 +0000

Yeah, but now we’re getting into word games. The President is the de facto head of the U.S. Yes, he’s only one of the three branches, but we didn’t count on the Supreme Court to lead us after the World Trade Center was attacked. We didn’t want Congress to make a speech. It’s the President’s job to lead us.

By: John M.

John M. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:34:25 +0000

The job of the president isn’t even running the United States. It’s running the executive branch of the federal government.

By: david foster

david foster — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:52:17 +0000

The Left’s focus on bin Laden as an individual is bizarre. Can anyone really believe it would be “bin Laden caught…terrorism problem solved?”

For all their intellectual pretensions, leftists tend to have very concrete minds and to be weak at abstract thinking.

By: Herschel

Herschel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:03:10 +0000

"oh, yeah, catch that bin Laden fiend whoâ€s running around free." And how does she think that will be done, by asking the UN to declare a declaration to capture him, or, by US soldiers and planes attacking the hell out of the Pakistan border area he 'lives' in? I am sure that she will find something else to bitch about if we actually make an all out effort to kill him and stray into another country.

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:03:53 +0000

Osama has the run of the cave and the mud hut village just down the slope from it. That’s running around free.

By: Eric J

Eric J — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:55:52 +0000

And I’m curious how “running around free” is synonymous with “trapped in the wilds of Pakistan, unable to appear in public or use any electronic means of communication.”

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:44:47 +0000

Ah, Meryl, you’ve fallen for it. I will explain this in detail some other time but for the moment–there is no “Maureen Dowd.” The construct is an elaborate practical joke the New York Times editorial staff plays on its readers.

By: David Charlap

David Charlap — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:29:41 +0000

These crackpots on the Left constantly accuse the US of being “Imperialist” and of trying to become a global dictator, but then they state that the US is solely responsible for every problem experienced by every nation.

I’m sorry. If you’re going to dump the responsibility on me, then I’m claiming the authority as well. If you think I don’t have the right to act then don’t you dare try to hold me responsible for the results of inaction.

By: Nick Huffman

Nick Huffman — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:09:18 +0000

I definitely agree with you about your comment. It is time the United States stopped trying to help the world for a while and see what this world would do without our good-intenetioned assistance.