But the most biting criticism has come from a woman whose primary claim to fame is sitting on a sofa and assuming that her "view" matters to anyone other than the shut-ins who watch her show.
For days, Joy Behar has been calling Angle the "b-word" (you know, the one that liberals think rhymes with "Christine O'Donnell"). But in a savvy move, Angle sent flowers to Behar thanking her for the comment, which helped net her $150,000 in campaign contributions in 24 hours.
Behar, showing that her comedic and intellectual range runs the gamut, as they say, from A to B, called Angle the b-word yet again. Someone needs to up her dose of Premarin - and maybe those hot flashes will go away.
BARBARA BOXER VS. CARLY FIORINA: Madame Senator is in the race of her life in California, and is pulling out all the stops to make sure her cushy public job is safe for at least one more term. In one of her first attacks on the former Hewlett Packard CEO, Boxer targeted Fiorina for her pro-life views and said she wants to make abortion "a crime, and that would mean women and doctors in jail. . . that is so out of touch with Californians."
Aside from the fact that many of us on the East Coast don't have the faintest idea what Californians are in touch with to begin with, Boxer is using the kind of hyperbole that pro-choicers have patented.
It might work with the Emily's List types who think abortion is a sacrament and Margaret Sanger was a saint, not a eugenicist. But in the current political climate, she might find out that being called "ma'am" is the least of her troubles. Maybe she needs anti-
irritability meds?
MAUREEN DOWD VS. EVERYONE TO THE RIGHT OF LENIN: The redheaded doyenne of the New York Times op-ed page looks great for her age, but her shtick is getting old.
