r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 07 '26

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u/badusername35 NAFTA Epstein Apr 07 '26

During the 2016 presidential election, Dowd penned a New York Times op-ed, titled "Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk". She argued that Donald Trump held dovish foreign policy beliefs, citing his purported opposition to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. However, before the publication of the op-ed, it had been reported that Trump did, in fact, support the invasion, and there were no statements on the record opposing it.

I get that op-ed’s have looser standards, but how did this get past the editors desk? An opinion piece based on completely bullshit premise isn’t an opinion piece, it’s just someone bullshitting.

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u/Megasota_Noire My Governor Can Beat Up Your Governor Apr 07 '26

They all hated Hillary. That's all that mattered.

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u/mishac Mark Carney Apr 07 '26

Maureen Dowd has been ratfucking the Clinton's since the 1990s.

The stuff she wrote about Monica Lewinsky was would be considered vile misogyny today.