Last Sunday, Maureen Dowd penned a story in which she lashed out against Representative Joe Wilson, whom she "heard" utter the phrase "You lie, boy," instead of "You lie," where "boy" is a racist term.

But Ms. Dowd forgot to practice what she preaches, for in 2008, she employed "boy" on several occasions against Barack Obama:

• America's pretty boy

• Wonder boy

• Boy wonder

• Glib golden boy.

On a related note, this was not the first time Dowd "imagined" things:

DAILY HOWLER (9-16-09): But people! Maureen Dowd doesn't do policy! She simply decides whose side she is currently on, then starts to dream and imagine. For years, she imagined things which savaged Big Democrats, helping send George Bush to the White House. (In November 2000, she imagined Candidate Gore before a mirror, singing "I Feel Pretty." Two days later, Florida voted.) Now, she imagines quite different things--but she remains a cosmic idiot.

Link to Dowd's original anti-Gore "I feel pretty," portraying him as an effeminate narcissist.

This is the snake the liberal blogosphere fell in love with on September 13th, 2009.