The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

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and Atlantic Monthly editor Michael Kelly , who died while covering Operation Iraqi Freedom. /p>

Many Kelly friends stood to present recollections of the man who was respected by many. Then New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd stood up and decided to open her mouth. After the eucharistic service, in front of the Kelly family, including Kelly's young boys, Dowd spoke about Kelly's social antics as a younger writer. "She seemed not to care a bit that young children were in the room," says one of those who attended the service. "It was embarrassing. Someone needs to put one of those censor chips in her brain."

Dowd herself seemed to understand what she was doing because she prefaced her remarks by wondering whether this was the appropriate venue at which to discuss such things.

"It was like she was trying to embarrass Mike or his family on purpose because of his politics," says another mourner. "She didn't say it directly, but how else do you explain the content? I guess none of us should be surprised, but my guess is that Lucianne Goldberg wouldn't have talked like that at Bill Clinton's memorial service."

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Taxes, Bill Clinton, Iraq