UPSETTING THE KRAUTHAMMER EQUATION: In a memorable column last year, Charles Krauthammer suggested a fundamental distinction between conservatives and liberals:
To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.
So what do we do with the current Lying in Ponds partisanship leader, Ann Coulter? Ms. Coulter clearly thinks that liberals are evil, charging them with the crime of treason in her latest book. I think a better theory is that many liberals and conservatives make the same (human) mistake -- they find it easier to believe that their political opponents are lacking in intelligence or morality than to come to grips with the existence of millions of smart, well-intentioned people who sincerely hold very different political opinions from their own.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Miniter WSJ OpinionJournal |
Who Needs Certification? 29 July 2003 |
1139 | 100 | 1R+: President Bush |
| Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services |
Like I'm psychologically disturbed 29 July 2003 |
750 | 100 | 5R+: Strom Thurmond, President Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Reagan, Limbaugh |
| Mona Charen Creators Syndicate |
A little perspective 29 July 2003 |
854 | 100 | 3D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Gore 3R+: president, President Bush, President Bush |
| Richard Cohen Washington Post |
Bad Faith Advertising 29 July 2003 |
958 | 100 | 4D+: Senate Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats 10R-: Republicans, Boyden Gray, President Bush, Gray, former president George H.W. Bush, GOP, Gray, Republicans, Gray, former president Bush |
| Molly Ivins Creators Syndicate |
Intelligence fleeced, liberties lost 29 July 2003 |
937 | 80 | 2D+: Max Cleland, Cleland 1R+: Republican 7R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General John Ashcroft, administration, White House, administration |
| Robert Scheer Creators Syndicate |
Between the Lines of 28 Missing Pages 29 July 2003 |
900 | 71 | 2D+: Bob Graham, Graham 3R+: Richard Shelby, Shelby, administration 16R-: president of the United States, George W. Bush, White House, White House, the president, Bush, White House, Bush, the president, Bush administration, Bush, George H.W. Bush, Bush, the president, Bush administration, Bush |
| Thomas Oliphant Boston Globe |
The Republican House of cards 29 July 2003 |
1081 | 36 | 3D+: Democrats, Bill Clinton, Democrats 1D-: Democrats 7R+: Republicans, Republicans, GOP, JoAnn Emerson, Republicans, DeLay, Hastert 17R-: Republican House, Tom DeLay, House Republican, President Bush, Bill Thomas, President Bush, Bush, DeLay, Bush, Bush, DeLay, Republicans, House leadership, Thomas, Republicans, Thomas, Republican 5R= |
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
You Say Tomato 29 July 2003 |
847 | 33 | 2D-: Democrat, Ted Kennedy 1R+: Tom DeLay 8R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, DeLay, Bush administration, Bush 4R= |
| David Ignatius Inactive |
Mending the Marriage With Saudi Arabia 29 July 2003 |
877 | 0 | |
| Nicholas D. Kristof Inactive |
Hearing Liberia's Pleas 29 July 2003 |
878 | 0 | 2D=, 7R= |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
A League of Our Own 29 July 2003 |
826 | 0 |