Seriously, my HS and College AIM name was from Maureen Dowd: she was called the Cobra by George W. Bush during the 2000 election and I wished that one day a powerful person would think I was scary. So my screenname was KobraKaren.
Anyway, Maureen and I had a falling out when I not only disagreed with 99% of what she said, but also realized she wasn’t funny.
Turns out, Wonkette and I are on the same page re: MoDo
Those who go through college and *still* think that Maureen Dowd is funny or witty or worth reading at all, they become the die-hard Times opinion page readers for life. You may know some of these people. They hold mid-size dinner parties with white wine and bruschetta. All of their favorite albums are soundtracks. They complain non-stop about the quality of the produce at their grocery store. And so on.
