Josh Chafetz at OxBlog has thoroughly ripped apart Maureen Dowd’s latest column, so much though that I almost feel sorry for her. Almost. I once tried reading one of her columns and that instantly removed all sympathy. Dowd bashing has become a conservative pastime; she’s like the Carrot-Top of the right-wing. So in answer to Chafetz’s question of why she hasn’t been fired, I bet it’s because she’s gained a huge readership who can’t wait to read her next column to see how horrible it is. It’s so bad it’s entertaining, like Plan Nine from Outerspace, Roadhouse, or about anything written in The Nation.