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> [“McChrystal's defenders at the Pentagon were making the case Tuesday that the president and his men—(the McChrystal snipers spared Hillary)—must put aside their hurt feelings about being painted as weak sisters. Obama should not fire the serially insubordinate general, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/mcchrystal-s-defenders-at-the-pentagon-were-making-the-case-tuesday/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

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> [“So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can't even figure out what Rolling Stone is? We're not talking Guns & Ammo here; we're talking the antiwar hippie magazine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/so-this-general-with-the-background-in-intelligence-who-is-supposed/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

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## More by Maureen Dowd

> [If there's one thing white men have never had a problem with in this clubby, white marble enclave of Washington, it's getting pulled up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/if-there-s-one-thing-white-men-have-never-had-a-problem-with-in-this/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [When you're young, and even at times when you're older, it's hard to fathom this: What needs to be nurtured is the stuff that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/when-you-re-young-and-even-at-times-when-you-re-older-it-s-hard-to/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [“Who knows? If women all end up with the same face and body, men may gravitate toward the quirky. Then the chicks with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/who-knows-if-women-all-end-up-with-the-same-face-and-body-men-may/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big check for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/why-can-t-google-which-likes-to-see-itself-as-a-don-t-be-evil/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [“Materialism has defeated feminism as well. In a sign of the times, Gloria Steinem was on the picket line when the first American DeBeers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/materialism-has-defeated-feminism-as-well-in-a-sign-of-the-times/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [“Romantic googling can be as dangerous as drunk text messaging. Of course hell hath no fury like a woman who Google-bombs her old flames…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/romantic-googling-can-be-as-dangerous-as-drunk-text-messaging-of/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new generation, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/paul-ryan-who-teamed-up-with-akin-in-the-house-to-sponsor-harsh-anti/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can come across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/obama-invented-himself-against-all-odds-and-repeated-parental/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [Feminism died in 1998 when Hillary allowed henchlings and Democrats to demonize Monica as an unbalanced stalker, and when Gloria Steinem defended Mr. Clinton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/feminism-died-in-1998-when-hillary-allowed-henchlings-and-democrats/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/president-obama-thinks-he-can-use-emotion-to-bring-pressure-on/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [ Now that Hillary \[Clinton\] has won Pennsylvania, it will take a village to help Obama escape from the suffocating embrace of his rival. Certainly… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/now-that-hillary-clinton-has-won-pennsylvania-it-will-take-a-village/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/i-don-t-understand-men-i-don-t-even-understand-what-i-don-t/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [Good and evil are not like the Redskins and the Cowboys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/good-and-evil-are-not-like-the-redskins-and-the-cowboys/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/and-as-far-as-doing-god-s-work-i-think-the-bankers-who-took/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

> [It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/it-is-men-s-worst-fear-personally-and-professionally-that-women-will/)

[Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/)

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