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Article: DOWD'S ELISION ELICITS DERISION.(Opinion/Commentary/Editorial)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- May 24, 2003
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Byline: Dave Kopel
When she twisted quote by president, New York Times columnist went too
far
If you insist on reading syndicated New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, you might be better off reading her in the Rocky Mountain News rather than in the Times itself.
Consider her May 14 column. She wrote: ``Busy chasing off Saddam, the president and vice president had told us that al-Qaida was spent. 'Al-Qaida is on the run,' President Bush said last week. 'That group of terrorists who attacked our country is slowly but surely being decimated. . . . They're not a problem anymore.' ''
Dowd chastised the president for his smug ...