RUMMY, BUSHIES, WOLFY, CHENEY: Maureen Dowd's most recent column displays some of her well-established habits. Sunday's column had three "Rummy"s and two "Bushies". For the year, Ms. Dowd has used "Rummy" 50 times and "Bushies" 24 times, far more than any other Lying in Ponds pundit. In addition, she's used "Poppy" a few times, "W." a couple of times, and "Wolfy" spelled two different ways. Another Dowd trait is a focus on Vice-President Dick Cheney. For this year, she has made 32 Cheney references (about two-thirds of them negative), twice as many as any other columnist.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Raspberry Washington Post |
Pardoned but Still Disbarred 23 June 2003 |
866 | 100 | 1D+: President Clinton |
| William Safire New York Times |
Caracas, California 23 June 2003 |
886 | 14 | 2D+: Democrat, Davis 4D-: Gray Davis, Gray Davis, Davis, Davis 2R+: Republicans, Richard Riordan 1R-: Republican 5D=, 7R= |
| Bob Herbert Inactive |
The Money Magnet 23 June 2003 |
904 | 0 | 1D=, 13R= |
| Fred Hiatt Inactive |
How Best to Rid the World of Monsters 23 June 2003 |
840 | 0 | 5R= |