The Dowd crowd must get loud. . .

. . .around the dinner table. Was it a dirty little secret (requires registration) that she comes from the hoi polloi, or is this common knowledge among the hoity-toity?

Whatever the case, if I were Maureen, I'd be mighty steamed at Ted Rall for what he said about my family. And, as soon as Ted Rall turned 18, I'd kick his ass.