It was not the first piece of misinformation tied to her, but it was the most damaging to date and left prosecutors in a very awkward position. Trayvon Martin‘s girlfriend, the state’s most important witness in the George Zimmerman murder case, was caught in a lie, it was revealed Tuesday. The Orlando Sentinel reports: George Zimmerman stand your ground hearing: Witness in Zimmerman case caught in lie
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His counsel’s move waiving his right to the April hearing leaves open the opportunity for it to be rolled into Zimmerman’s trial this summer, and gives the defense more time to prepare, an obvious concern after a motion to delay the proceedings was denied.
Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who is facing second-degree murder charges for the shooting of 17-year-old Martin, is awaiting trial set for June 10, 2013. …in a stunning twist of events Tuesday morning, George Zimmerman’s attorneys waived their client’s right to a scheduled April 22 hearing that was to be held under the law that has sparked so much debate, ABC news reports. George Zimmerman Waives Right To ‘Stand Your Ground’ Hearing In Stunning Twist To Trayvon Martin Case Since this keyboard is giving me problems, I will give you the news reads in link dump fashion. Meanwhile we have a sequester still going on…and no end in sight. There is news about George Zimmerman, and Hugo Chavez is dead. Well, my laptop is the shop…I am writing this post on my daughter’s computer, and can’t seem to get the feel of her keypad. Maureen Dowd is the Maggie Haberman of Chanel Rions.Wednesday Reads: Mummy Lobotomy Posted: Ma| Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: Congress, Crime, Foreign Affairs, Fox News, History, morning reads, Political and Editorial Cartoons | Tags: George Zimmerman, Hugo Chavez, sequester, woolly rino | 21 Comments Good Morning Dowd called Clinton “scarred and defensive” and asserted that she lives in an “ice palace.” The Frozen comparison is one of dozens of pop culture references Dowd has invoked in her writing about Clinton. Dowd concluded, “Those close to them think that the queen of Hillaryland and the Snow Queen from Disney's 'Frozen' have special magical powers, but worry about whether they can control those powers, show their humanity and stir real warmth in the public heart.”ĭowd described Clinton's memoir as “a testament to caution and calculation,” an accusation she has lobbed at the former secretary state for decades.
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In a tortured comparison, Dowd compared Clinton to Elsa from the popular Disney movie Frozen. She's also attacked the Clintons as a couple in 43 columns (22 percent), many of which included Dowd's ham-handed attempts at psychoanalysis.ĭowd's latest column discussed Clinton's book tour for her new memoir Hard Choices. The remaining 20 percent (39 columns) were neutral.įor example, Dowd has repeatedly accused Clinton of being an enemy to or betraying feminism (35 columns, 18 percent of those studied), power-hungry (51 columns, 26 percent), unlikeable (9 columns, 5 percent), or phony (34 columns, 17 percent). 72 percent (141 columns) were negative towards Clinton - only 8 percent (15 columns) were positive. Media Matters analyzed 195 columns by Dowd since November 1993 containing significant mentions of Clinton for whether they included any of 16 negative tropes in five categories (listed in the below methodology). It has been 36 years since a man chose a woman to run as his vice-president on the Democratic ticket, not 36 years since a man and a woman ran together on a Democratic Party ticket." – The New York Timesįor more than twenty years, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has been attacking Hillary Clinton from a shallow well of insults, routinely portraying the former secretary of state and first lady as an unlikeable, power-hungry phony. 8, 2020Īn earlier version of this column incorrectly stated the history of the Democratic ticket. Reminiscent of the Londo Cotton “send US troops” fiasco, the NY Times editorial folks need some staffing changes like the USPS. A vendetta is not a sports utility vehicle, MoDo really hates the Clintons - ya think? Maureen Dowd managed to forget about Clinton/Kaine AND McCain/Palin. "Maureen Dowd is the Chuck Todd of Bill Kristols."