lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Ann Coulter
Universal Press Syndicate

Columns 51
Words 56680
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 72.73
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 56.75
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 64.74
Democratic Index -83.09
Republican Index 24.58
Positive Index 22.30
Negative Index 58.16
Neutral Index 19.54



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 10 FDR(2), Harold Ford, Democrat, Ford, Obama, Bob Shrum, Mike Gravel, Cleland, administration
Negative Democratic 516 Democrats(109), Democratic(36), Clinton(33), Obama(24), Democrat(22), Edwards(21), Hillary(19), Murtha(18), Reno(16), B. Hussein Obama(12), Bill Clinton(11), John Edwards(11), Democratic Party(9), Al Gore(7), Gore(7), Harry Reid(6), Janet Reno(6), Nancy Pelosi(5), Kennedy(5), John Kerry(5), Dennis Kucinich(5), Teddy Kennedy(5), Sandy Berger(4), John Murtha(4), Jefferson(4), Al Sharpton(4), Webb(3), Howard Dean(3), Max Cleland(3), Cleland(3), Congress(3), Jimmy Carter(3), Clark(3), Truman(3), Ronnie Earle(2), Hillary Clinton(2), the president(2), William "The Refrigerator" Jefferson(2), William Jefferson(2), Reid(2), Elizabeth Edwards(2), Hackett(2), Senate Democrats(2), Kerry(2), Gray Davis(2), Johnson, George McGovern, Democratic Congress, Dianne Feinstein, Cuomo, Dukakis, Barack Hussein Obama, Jim Webb, Rahm Emanuel, Mr. President, Eleanor Mondale, Obamamania, Obamarama, John "Two Americas" Edwards, Thompson, Clintonian, Patrick Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Al, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC, Sharpton, Chris Dodd, Barack, George Soros, Jim McGreevey, Madeleine Albright, Teddy, Bob Wexler, Al Franken, Michael Dukakis, Keith Ellison, David Dinkins, Bill Richardson, Richardson, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Paul Hackett, Gen. Wesley Clark, congressional Democrats, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Attorney General Janet Reno, Democratic National Committee, Mike Gravel, president Bill Clinton, Bill, President Clinton, president of the United States, President Bill Clinton, Congressional Democrats, Lizzie Edwards, White House, Dean Acheson, Dems, Carter, Truman administration, FDR, Roosevelt administration, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Clinton administration, Kucinich
Neutral Democratic 83Democrats(10), Democratic(8), Hillary Clinton(4), Kerry(4), Hillary(3), Jimmy Carter(3), Al Gore(3), John Kerry(3), John Edwards(3), Hackett(3), Tanner(2), Chapman(2), B. Hussein Obama(2), Democrat(2), Murtha(2), Edwards(2), George McGovern, Mario Cuomo, Jesse Jackson, Lloyd Bentsen, Michael Dukakis, Clinton, Jim Chapman, John Tanner, Ford, Congress, Joe Biden, Bobby Kennedy, Elizabeth Edwards, Chris Dodd, Dodd, Obama, Max Cleland, Rahm Emanuel, Chuck Schumer, Janet Reno, the president, Hugh Rodham, Reno, Howard Dean, Walter Mondale, Democratic Party, Adlai Stevenson
Positive Republican 232 Bush(26), Republicans(19), McCarthy(19), Republican(16), Craig(12), Rush Limbaugh(10), Joe McCarthy(10), Reagan(9), Libby(8), George Bush(8), Ford(6), Nixon(6), Gonzales(6), Ashcroft(6), DeLay(5), Tom DeLay(4), Limbaugh(4), Larry Craig(4), President Bush(3), Scooter Libby(3), George W. Bush(3), president(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), the president(2), Dick Cheney(2), White House(2), Randy "Duke" Cunningham(2), Giuliani(2), John Ashcroft(2), Wilson(2), Gerald Ford, Lewis Libby, Ken Starr, Mitt Romney, commander in chief, President George Bush, Saxby Chambliss, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Michael Steele, Duke Cunningham, Bush administration, Rudy Giuliani, Vice President Dick Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice, Alberto Gonzales, Senate Republicans, John McCain, McCain, President Nixon, James Rogan, Henry Hyde, Ronald Reagan, McCarthyites, Pete Wilson
Negative Republican 115 Huckabee(34), Bush(17), Republicans(8), Bush administration(7), George Bush(4), Mike Huckabee(4), Republican(3), President Bush(3), Fred Thompson(3), Thompson(3), Craig(2), Mitt Romney(2), Liddy Dole, Dole, James Baker III, Nixon, Richard Armitage, Armitage, Jack Abramoff, Chuck Hagel, administration, Donald Rumsfeld, former President Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Cheney, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Michael Chertoff, Gonzales, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Jeffords, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Larry Craig, president, the president, Hayworth, Graf
Neutral Republican 129Bush(14), Republicans(12), Huckabee(9), Republican(7), Reagan(5), Gonzales(5), Joe McCarthy(5), Hayworth(5), Graf(5), the president(4), Nixon(3), President Bush(3), Alberto Gonzales(3), Larry Craig(3), Craig(3), McCarthyism(3), John McCain(2), Rudy Giuliani(2), administration(2), Bush administration(2), The president(2), President Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Republican party, Liddy Dole, George Herbert Walker Bush, Libby, Lewis Libby, Tom DeLay, Chambliss, Cunningham, Duke Cunningham, Ronald Reagan, Michael Bloomberg, Laura Bush, Laura, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Eisenhower, Karl Rove, Tom Tancredo, Jerry Ford, President Nixon, Thompson, Goldwater, Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, J.D. Hayworth, Randy Graf, Mike Huckabee, Romney



List of Columns

Lines in yellow indicate a substantive crossover column, meaning that the column is of opposite sign to the pundit's Normalized Total PI for the season, and contains at least five non-neutral partisan references.
Title/
Date
words Norm
PI
Partisan References
Libs sing ‘Huckelujah’
27 December 2007
1300 33 5D-: Al Sharpton, Dennis Kucinich, Kucinich, Democratic, Nancy Pelosi
1R+: Republican
15R-: Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Mike Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee
7R=
There's a Huckabee born every minute
20 December 2007
1239 75 1R+: Republican
16R-: Huckabee, Mike Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee
3R=
Joe McCarthy invented the Internet
13 December 2007
1146 56 8D-: Al Gore, Clinton administration, Clinton, Hillary, Sandy Berger, Al Gore, Democratic, Democratic
5R+: Joe McCarthy, McCarthy, Joe McCarthy, McCarthy, Joe McCarthy
1D=, 9R=
They'll never forgive you
6 December 2007
1053 92 13D-: Truman administration, Democratic, FDR, Roosevelt administration, Democratic, Truman, Truman, Democrats, Democratic, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Democrats, Democrats
11R+: Joe McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, Joe McCarthy, McCarthy
2R=
NYT: An undocumented newspaper
29 November 2007
1018 34 7D-: Democratic, Carter, Democrat, Gray Davis, Gray Davis, Hillary, B. Hussein Obama
4R+: Republicans, Pete Wilson, Wilson, Wilson
2R-: Hayworth, Graf
13R=
NYT: Suicide manual for Dems
22 November 2007
988 45 8D-: Dems, Hillary, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic
1R+: Republicans
2R-: president, the president
1D=, 3R=
Musharraf: the Tolstoy of the Zulus
15 November 2007
1247 45 5D-: B. Hussein Obama, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Jimmy Carter
3D=, 3R=
Groundbreaking book publishes never-before-seen government files proving McCarthy was right after all
8 November 2007
901 95 7D-: Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, White House, Democrats, Truman, Dean Acheson, Democrats
14R+: McCarthy, Joe McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, Joe McCarthy, McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, McCarthy, Joe McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthyites, McCarthy, Joe McCarthy
1R=
Have you hugged an Islamo-facist today?
25 October 2007
1063 93 10D-: Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Congressional Democrats, Democratic, Senate Democrats, Lizzie Edwards, Democrats
4R+: Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh
1R=
Another liberal noose-ance
18 October 2007
1028 0 2R+: Rush Limbaugh, George Bush
2R-: Larry Craig, Mitt Romney
1R=
Fred Sawyer and Huckabee Finn
11 October 2007
1197 0 22D-: Democratic, Democrat, Mike Gravel, president Bill Clinton, Bill, the president, President Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Bill Clinton, president of the United States, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
2R+: James Rogan, Henry Hyde
23R-: Huckabee, Republican, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Huckabee, George Bush, Mike Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Republicans, Republicans, President Bush, Huckabee, Fred Thompson, Jim Jeffords, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Thompson, Thompson, Thompson, Republican
3D=, 6R=
Pretend to be all that you can be
8 October 2007
1153 86 15D-: Senate Democrats, Democrats, Harry Reid, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrat, Democrats, Gore, Gore, John Kerry, Kerry, Max Cleland, Max Cleland, Democrats
9R+: Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh, Republicans, President Bush, Republican, Republicans, John McCain, McCain, President Nixon
3D=, 1R=
TASE HIM, BRO!
1 October 2007
1042 100 5D-: Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, Democratic, B. Hussein Obama
3R+: Republicans, Republican, Republicans
Is there a trial lawyer in the House?
20 September 2007
1166 84 12D-: Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic National Committee, John Edwards, John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Hillary
1R-: Fred Thompson
From the halls of Malibu to the shores of Kennedy
17 September 2007
1171 57 8D-: Kennedy, Democrats, Democrats, Howard Dean, Democrats, Democrats, Harry Reid, Democrats
5D=, 1R=
Cruising while Republican
6 September 2007
1205 64 26R+: Republican, Larry Craig, Republican, Craig, Republican, Republican, Craig, Larry Craig, Larry Craig, Craig, Craig, Republicans, Craig, Republicans, Craig, Republicans, Republicans, Larry Craig, Craig, Craig, Craig, Senate Republicans, Republicans, Craig, Craig, Craig
3R-: Craig, Republicans, Craig
7R=
Reno 911
30 August 2007
1428 79 28D-: Reno, congressional Democrats, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrats, Attorney General Janet Reno, Reno, Hillary, Reno, Hillary, Reno, Reno, Reno, Reno, Janet Reno, Reno, Janet Reno, Reno, Reno, Reno, Janet Reno, Reno, Reno, Janet Reno, Janet Reno, Reno, Hillary, Reno, Reno
22R+: Gonzales, John Ashcroft, Bush, Rove, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Libby, Rice, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Bush, John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, Ashcroft
1R-: Gonzales
6D=, 5R=
1 down, 11,999,999 to go
23 August 2007
1040 12 1D+: administration
4D-: Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats
4R-: Bush, Bush administration, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Michael Chertoff
1R=
If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again
16 August 2007
1206 42 1D+: Cleland
11D-: Democrats, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Cleland, Paul Hackett, Hackett, Hackett, Gen. Wesley Clark, Democrats, Clark, Clark, Clark
7R+: George Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, White House, Vice President Dick Cheney, the president
1R-: Cheney
7D=, 11R=
Absolutely fabulist
9 August 2007
876 100 3D-: John Kerry, Democratic, Democratic
1R+: George Bush
Did I miss the ‘hip’ part?
2 August 2007
1052 89 17D-: Democratic, Democratic, Bill Richardson, Democratic, Richardson, B. Hussein Obama, Democratic, Democrats, Hillary, Hillary, Democrat, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
2D=
Obama Hails A Unicorn
25 July 2007
1032 90 11D-: Obama, Democrat, Democratic, B. Hussein Obama, David Dinkins, B. Hussein Obama, Hillary, Democrat, Democratic, Democrats, Hillary
8R+: Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Giuliani, Bush, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
The 'Bumper Sticker' That Blows Up
18 July 2007
1296 61 3D+: Mike Gravel, FDR, FDR
15D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Keith Ellison, Democrats, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
8R+: Bush administration, president, Bush, President Bush, Bush, George Bush, George Bush, Bush
4D=, 3R=
Nappy-Headed Hoax
11 July 2007
1256 48 3D-: Clinton, Clinton, Gore
1R-: Bush
Studies show: Felons smarter than libs
4 July 2007
1049 93 13D-: Democrat, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Michael Dukakis, Democratic, Bill Clinton, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats
1D=
That was no lady — that was my husband
29 June 2007
1436 67 1D+: Bob Shrum
26D-: Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Edwards, Al Franken, John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, John Edwards, Edwards, John Edwards, John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Democrats, Democrats, John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich
1R+: Dick Cheney
11D=
Duke and Marmaduke
21 June 2007
1101 100 1D-: Bob Wexler
2R+: Rush Limbaugh, Tom DeLay
‘No drug smuggler left behind!’
14 June 2007
1139 79 1D-: William Jefferson
16R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, Alberto Gonzales, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R=
Bush's America: As long as we're adopting an open borders policy for immigration, how about opening the borders for emigration?
7 June 2007
1016 2 5D-: Teddy Kennedy, Teddy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy
5R-: Bush, Republicans, President Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=
A green card in every pot
31 May 2007
1020 35 2D-: Democrats, Democratic
4R-: George Bush, George Bush, George Bush, Republicans
Importing a slave class
25 May 2007
910 49 2D-: Teddy Kennedy, Democrats
2R=
Falwell — say hello to Reagan!
17 May 2007
1091 74 5D-: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Teddy Kennedy, Democrat
2R+: Reagan, Reagan
1R-: former President Bush
C'est si bon
10 May 2007
1075 90 13D-: Jim McGreevey, Howard Dean, Democrats, B. Hussein Obama, Democrats, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter, Madeleine Albright, Democrats, B. Hussein Obama, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats
6R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
No wonder they're afraid of Brit Hume
3 May 2007
956 85 1D+: Obama
23D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Chris Dodd, Democrats, Barack, John Edwards, Democrats, Democrat, Democratic, Obama, B. Hussein Obama, Obama, Obama, John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Hillary, Edwards, George Soros, Democrats
2D=
Nuts in the crosshairs
26 April 2007
809 100 4D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
Let's make America a ‘sad-free zone’!
19 April 2007
802 0
HO HO HO, MERRY IMUS!
12 April 2007
1163 60 5D-: Democrats, Al Sharpton, Al Sharpton, Al Sharpton, Sharpton
7R+: Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan
2D=, 6R=
If at first you don't appease — cry, cry again
5 April 2007
843 77 5D-: Democrats, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Democrats, Bill Clinton
2R+: George Bush, Bush
2R=
“Sorry” doesn't seem to be the hardest word
29 March 2007
1174 49 18D-: Democrats, Sandy Berger, William "The Refrigerator" Jefferson, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Teddy Kennedy, Democrats, DNC, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton, Congress, Congress, Congress, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats
12R+: Bush, Bush, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Tom DeLay, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Republican, Michael Steele, Republican, Republicans, Republican, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Duke Cunningham
5R-: Republicans, administration, Donald Rumsfeld, Republicans, Bush
4D=, 11R=
Scratch a global warming “scientist” and you get a religious fanatic
22 March 2007
911 80 8D-: Gore, Al Gore, Al, Al Gore, Janet Reno, Gore, Gore, Gore
2D=
In Washington, it's always the Year of the Rat
15 March 2007
1285 79 14D-: Democrats, Democrats, Robert Byrd, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Max Cleland, Cleland, Cleland, Democrats
7R+: President George Bush, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republican, Saxby Chambliss, Republicans
1R-: Chuck Hagel
3R=
Shooting elephants in a barrel
8 March 2007
1407 77 29D-: Teddy Kennedy, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, Democrat, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Democratic, Ronnie Earle, William "The Refrigerator" Jefferson, Democrat, Jefferson, Jefferson, Jefferson, Jefferson, Nancy Pelosi, William Jefferson, Harry Reid, Democrat, Reid, Reid, Democrat, Clinton, Sandy Berger, Bill Clinton, Clinton
21R+: White House, Republican, Libby, Republican, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Republicans, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Republican, Tom DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, DeLay, Scooter Libby, Libby
5R-: Richard Armitage, Armitage, Bush, Jack Abramoff, Republicans
3R=
LET THEM EAT TOFU!
1 March 2007
1016 100 2D-: Al Gore, Al Gore
John Murtha: Caving in to Arabs since 1980
22 February 2007
1143 78 31D-: John Murtha, John Murtha, Democrat, Murtha, Murtha, Murtha, Murtha, Democratic, Al Gore, Murtha, Murtha, Murtha, Murtha, Democrat, Thompson, Murtha, Murtha, Murtha, Democrats, Murtha, John Murtha, Murtha, Murtha, Murtha, Democrats, Murtha, Clintonian, Murtha, Murtha, John Murtha, Democrats
1R+: commander in chief
2R-: Republican, Nixon
3D=, 1R=
Jonathan Livingston Obama
15 February 2007
1139 72 3D+: Harold Ford, Democrat, Ford
31D-: Obama, Obama, Obamamania, Obamarama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Dennis Kucinich, John Kerry, Democratic, Obama, Democratic, Obama, B. Hussein Obama, Obama, Obama, John "Two Americas" Edwards, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Howard Dean, Obama, Obama, Obama, B. Hussein Obama, B. Hussein Obama
1R+: Mitt Romney
4D=, 1R=
Yellowcake and yellow journalism
8 February 2007
1278 73 8R+: Scooter Libby, Scooter Libby, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Joe McCarthy
3R=
FREE THE FITZGERALD ONE!
1 February 2007
1180 56 11D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Mr. President, Democrat, Clinton, Eleanor Mondale, the president, Bill Clinton, Clinton
11R+: Lewis Libby, Dick Cheney, Libby, Libby, Libby, Libby, Tom DeLay, Rush Limbaugh, Libby, Rush Limbaugh, Ken Starr
3R-: James Baker III, Bush administration, Bush
6D=, 3R=
I am woman, hear me bore
24 January 2007
1204 59 27D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Hillary, Clinton, Cuomo, Dukakis, Barack Hussein Obama, Clinton, Clinton, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Democrats, Hillary, Jim Webb, Democrats, Webb, Rahm Emanuel, Webb, Webb, Democrats
5R+: president, Condoleezza Rice, Bush, Condoleezza Rice, the president
2R-: Liddy Dole, Dole
9D=, 7R=
The stripper has no clothes
17 January 2007
1149 86 2D-: Ronnie Earle, Dianne Feinstein
4R+: Republican, President Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Stripper Lied ... White Boys Fried
10 January 2007
1073 100 1D-: Bill Clinton
The Democratic Party: A Vast Sleeper Cell
3 January 2007
1208 87 20D-: Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Kennedy, Johnson, George McGovern, Democrats, Clinton, Sandy Berger, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democratic Congress, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
13R+: Ford, Gerald Ford, Ford, Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Ford, Ford, Ford, Ford, Nixon
1D=, 4R=