Apparently “bossy” isn’t a bad word so long as it’s aimed at the right targets. (via Instapundit)
In a sneering article, the New York Times included just that description of Romney.
Some Mormons, like Mr. Clark, found Mr. Romney thoughtful and compassionate; one mother recalled his kindness to her dying son. Others, including a group of Mormon feminists demanding a greater role for women, found him condescending, doctrinaire or just plain bossy. He clashed with a married mother of four who sought to terminate a pregnancy; the incident made news years later, when Mr. Romney ran for United States Senate as a supporter of abortion rights — a position he has since abandoned.
“Mitt is the type who liked to be called Bishop Romney or President Romney,” said Judy Dushku, a professor of government at Suffolk University in Boston and a Mormon feminist leader. “He is very conscious of his place in the hierarchy, but not yours.”
Dushku is a radical political activist who became the media’s go-to person for hit pieces on Romney, none of which took off.
The “bossy” quote was not credited to any individual by the New York Times. And then the New York Times did it again with a Timothy Egan piece writing of Romney at a debate, “From there on, he grew increasingly bossy and impatient, whining about his allotted time and dodging questions with complaints about the order of the debate.”
Maureen Dowd jumped in to describe Republicans as inhabiting “the G.O.P. universe of arrogant, uptight, entitled, bossy, retrogressive white guys.”





















