The Times' Maureen Dowd writes of her scorn for David Paterson, finding him wanting compared to Illinois Gov. Blagojevich. No, seriously. But the piece's real subtext seems to be about her hatred of the Clintons (yes, that again) and the new girl, Kirsten Gillibrand. With characteristic Times transparency, MoDo says "colleagues in the New York delegation" refer to the new Senator as Tracy Flick.
Which is a good thing, I guess, because that's what people called Hillary, too. So at least our press corps' misogyny is consistent. But, really, if elected officials talk like that about a fellow rep, isn't that, like, juicy news? And shouldn't the name-callers be ID'd?
Personally, I don't give a flying Flick what Gillibrand is like personally, as long as she doesn't steal from us and represents the whole state.
Oh, and Caroline Kennedy? Unlike Roger Goodell, she had an audition, and she blew it. End of story. One that Dowd apparently hasn't read.
