Maureen Dowd...

compares Mitt Romney to George H.W. Bush.
Though she pokes fun, she never gets all nasty and thankfully never disses the fellas for "acting white".

She simply can't understand, being a nice Irish Catholic woman from a working-class background herself, the ... oddities under which these gents operate. It's like, they're from a different world than the rest of us, or something.

Eh.

I read the whole thing. Chuckled once or twice. And again, admired her tone. She can make a point, without bullying readers into buying into her own prejudices and preferences. Nice like that.*

But one question in my mind remains: Really? You think in her younger days MoDo dropped acid? Or was that just a phrase?

Watching Mitt Romney in the Myrtle Beach debate gave me acid flashbacks to Poppy Bush.

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* Plus no lazy lazy lazy doggie-do reference. We're not electing a pet caregiver here, elite ladies! Think beyond your own little worldly needs about the major economic troubles still confronting the country? Next thing you know, they'll be calling for petcare entitlements/deductions for all...

A few years ago, Rosie, who helped me raise my children and now helps me raise my dogs, found a hungry and bedraggled dog at the local dog park. He was wearing a tag, so she called the number. It turned out the family had been away during the Malibu fire, and when they finally got home, the dog was gone. He walked all the way to our neighborhood. It is one of my favorite stories.

Good Lord ... those Californians are importing help now to care for their ... doggies?

How lazy can you be? Props to the Romney family, for keeping the dog with them on their travels, and not pushing off their own responsibilities on the ... hired help.