SPINSANITY ON IVINS: Brendan Nyhan of Spinsanity criticizes Molly Ivins and others, saying that they "have resorted to rhetorical extremes and factual deception to attack conservatives and the Bush administration." Mr. Nyhan says that Ms. Ivins "invoked the specter of fascism with no serious justification in an August 7 column". He concludes with:
Those who profess concern for the state of American democracy or honesty in democratic debate - as Ivins, Jackson and Dean all do - should do their part to improve the discourse by refraining from rhetorical excesses and falsehoods.
Spinsanity has criticized Molly Ivins a few times over the past couple of years, but she has not yet been honored with her own section on their topics page.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Ivins Creators Syndicate |
The All-American Blame Game 19 August 2003 |
928 | 100 | 3D+: Clinton administration, Bill Richardson, Democrats 10R-: Republican Congress, Tom DeLay, Republican, Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, administration, Cheney, Cheney, White House |
| Richard Cohen Washington Post |
. . . Enough to Make You Gag 19 August 2003 |
835 | 100 | 1D+: Hillary Clinton |
| Robert Scheer Creators Syndicate |
A higher tax on all your houses 19 August 2003 |
763 | 70 | 1D+: Davis 1D-: Gray Davis 7R-: Republican, Schwarzenegger, Republicans, Republicans, White House, GOP, Bush 1R= |
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
The Road to Ruin 19 August 2003 |
748 | 60 | 1D+: Democratic 1R+: President Bush 3R-: Tom DeLay, administration, Senate Republicans |
| George F. Will Washington Post |
The Shah and Us -- and Regime Change 19 August 2003 |
866 | 50 | 1R+: President Bush 1R= |
| Thomas Oliphant Boston Globe |
Arnold's campaign is flopping so far 19 August 2003 |
1042 | 35 | 3D+: Gray Davis, Davis, Cruz Bustamante 3R-: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pete Wilson, Bill Simon 2D=, 9R= |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
It's a Different City Now . . . 19 August 2003 |
847 | 29 | 1D+: Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1D-: Beame 2R+: Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg 3D= |
| Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services |
We were warned! 19 August 2003 |
771 | 0 | 3R= |
| David Ignatius Inactive |
Bush's Neverland Economics 19 August 2003 |
930 | 0 | 5D=, 14R= |
| Mona Charen Creators Syndicate |
Western culture is superior 19 August 2003 |
826 | 0 | |
| John Fund Inactive |
Arnold's Achilles Heel 19 August 2003 |
1887 | 0 | 2D=, 41R= |