NICKNAMES: Some readers have asked about columnists who use nicknames to refer to political figures. My general approach has been reluctance to add anything more than necessary to the lists of partisan names. I checked last year's columns for the use of "Dubya", but found that it was used by only three columnists, surprisingly most often by Peggy Noonan (9 occurrences). Maureen Dowd probably uses nicknames the most frequently ("W.", "Rummy", "Poppy", etc.). If a columnist were to consistently use nicknames in either a negative or postive partisan way, it could affect the results. I'm not enthusiastic about cluttering up the lists with nicknames, but I would do it if convinced that it was necessary.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maureen Dowd New York Times |
The Class President 22 January 2003 |
921 | 83 | 15R-: the president, the president, The Bushes, the Bushes, Bush, The Bushes, the president, Bush, Bush, The president, Republicans, Trent Lott, Bush, White House, the president 3R= |
| Robert Scheer Los Angeles Times |
CRIES OF 'REVERSE RACISM' RING HOLLOW 22 January 2003 |
940 | 64 | 2R+: Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell 9R-: George W. Bush, White House, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Republicans, the president |
| Clarence Page Chicago Tribune |
Racial diversity by other names 22 January 2003 |
1014 | 56 | 2D-: Democratic, Bill Bradley 5R+: President Bush, the president, Jeb Bush, George Bush, the president 2R-: George W. Bush, Bush White House |
| Linda Chavez Creators Syndicate |
Waiting for a great State of the Union 22 January 2003 |
826 | 20 | 1D-: Democrats 2R+: President Bush, the president 1R-: the president 6R= |
| David S. Broder Washington Post |
State Of the Homeland 22 January 2003 |
890 | 15 | 2R-: Bush, Republicans 5D=, 6R= |
| Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services |
Tony Blair's finest hours 22 January 2003 |
839 | 14 | 2R+: President Bush, the president 1R-: President Bush 4R= |
| Anne Applebaum Inactive |
The EPA's Lonely Moderate 22 January 2003 |
949 | 0 | 1D=, 14R= |
| Claudia Rosett Inactive |
A Tyrants Club 22 January 2003 |
1755 | 0 | 1R= |
| Michael Kelly Washington Post |
Marching With Stalinists 22 January 2003 |
882 | 0 | 1D=, 2R= |
| Thomas L. Friedman Inactive |
Thinking About Iraq (I) 22 January 2003 |
894 | 0 | 1D=, 2R= |
| Walter Williams Creators Syndicate |
Poverty myths 22 January 2003 |
729 | 0 |