Maureen Dowd
The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Maureen Dowd is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist known for her sharp critiques of political figures and her commitment to holding power accountable. This interview reveals her role as a disruptor in journalism, using her platform to provoke thought and spark change in the political landscape.
“I was. I got lost. Recording here. But anyway, I was lost again and I was in a back stairway of the Senate. And I ran into him and he was standing there alone looking at his notes that he was going to withdraw. And I just felt sick.”
“No, I do not. I do not think it's easy. I think she has given the most amazing job performance of almost anyone I've ever seen in Washington. And I think it's hard. But Hillary openly chafed against that. And so anyway, we had wine and dinner at this revolving restaurant and we talked and she wasn't as guarded then.”
“We had an old guy who did it too, and he had, what do you call it, like chip cards that you'd put in and you call every suburb in Washington? And so for 20 years he called like Woodbridge, Virginia, and then he'd always say, is anything going on? And they'd always say no.”
“Oh, I really backed into it. I was, you know, working the night shift, and then they'd let us try and do stories once in a while. And so I was a clerk for two and a half years.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 87 - Maureen Dowd
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