As difficult as it is to get through her columns, sometimes it's fun to read them just to try and interpret them.
In Not Feeling Groovy, she writes:

The president did end up changing America's image in the world. Just not for the better.

(First of all - shouldn't "president" begin with an upper case "P"? Just curious.)

I can't really tell if the point of her editorial is that Republicans are immoral because they are no better than the Democrats, or because the Republicans take advantage of the liberties granted by the 60's while claiming to oppose them.

In any case, one of the general right-wing complaints about the 60's culture is the "if it feels good now, do it" culture. Part of the problem with Dowd and the other anti-war folks is that they can't see the future through the current pain. Iraq feels bad now, so it must be wrong. Well, the United States had a lot of painful times during the Cold War, but I'd find it hard to argue against its eventual success.

There is no way to judge the war on terror now based on no WMDS and Abu Ghraib. We have to see what turns out at least 5-10 years from now. I think one would be hard pressed to deny that tens of millions are better off now without communism, despite how we felt upon hearing of the Bay of Pigs, My Lai and the Iran-Contra affair in their respective times.