SPINSANITY CRITICIZES DOWD AND KRUGMAN: Spinsanity's Bryan Keefer sharply criticizes two columnists in our rankings:
The last few days have seen several jargon-filled attacks on the Bush administration from prominent commentators, including Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman of the New York Times and filmmaker and author Michael Moore. All three have used loaded, manipulative rhetoric to suggest the same thing: President Bush is attempting to make himself a dictator.
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If Dowd, Krugman and Moore wish to disagree with Bush's policies, they should do so on the merits, rather than attempting to discredit them by suggesting Bush wants to appoint himself dictator. Lurid claims about "paranoid nightmares" and fictitious threats are not substantive contributions to the debate.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
Flavors of Fraud 28 June 2002 |
825 | 100 | 1D+: Eliot Spitzer 1R-: George W. Bush |
| Daniel Henninger Wall Street Journal |
Judging God 28 June 2002 |
939 | 100 | 1R+: Ashcroft |
| John Fund Wall Street Journal |
Opening the Schoolhouse Door 28 June 2002 |
899 | 100 | 4R+: Bush, Ralph Reed, Republican Party, Bill Bennett |
| George F. Will Washington Post |
Implacable Enemies of Choice 28 June 2002 |
851 | 100 | 1D+: Pat Moynihan |
| Charles Krauthammer Washington Post |
Peace Through Democracy 28 June 2002 |
927 | 75 | 1D-: Clinton administration 2R+: President Bush, Bush 1R= |
| Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times |
Mr. Bush Talks the Talk 28 June 2002 |
909 | 41 | 1D+: Roosevelt 4R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell 10R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush 2R= |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
Pledging Allegiance: Wrong for the Right Reasons 28 June 2002 |
964 | 5 | 6D+: Dukakis, Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Democratic, Democrats 3D-: Dukakis, Dukakis, Dukakis 4R+: Gingrich, Gingrich, Gingrich, President Eisenhower 2R-: Newt Gingrich, Republican 5D=, 2R= |
| Peggy Noonan Wall Street Journal |
Capitalism Betrayed 28 June 2002 |
2070 | 0 |