lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Ann Coulter
Universal Press Syndicate

Columns 50
Words 51281
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 62.21
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 58.41
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 60.31
Democratic Index -76.00
Republican Index 31.65
Positive Index 25.73
Negative Index 54.17
Neutral Index 20.10



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 21 Scoop Jackson(3), Joe Lieberman(2), Clinton(2), FDR(2), Zell Miller, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, JFK, Lieberman, Roosevelt, Democratic, Democrats, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gore, Donna Brazile, Brazile
Negative Democratic 458 Democrats(169), Clinton(49), Democratic(24), Democrat(19), liberals(13), Democratic Party(12), Bill Clinton(11), John Kerry(9), Clinton administration(8), Hillary(8), Kennedy(8), Jimmy Carter(6), Hastings(6), Nancy Pelosi(5), Teddy Kennedy(4), Pelosi(4), Studds(3), Richardson(3), Tom Foley(3), Lamont(3), Kerry(3), Rahm Emanuel(2), Joe Biden(2), Tom Daschle(2), Dennis Kucinich(2), Dean(2), Jane Harman(2), Gerry Studds(2), Carter(2), Hillary Clinton(2), Howard Dean(2), Ronnie Earle(2), Ted Kennedy(2), Liberal, liberal, Earle, Liberals, Ann Richards, Al Gore, Gore, Patrick Kennedy, Al Gores, William Jefferson, Rahm "Don't Touch My Tutu" Emanuel, John Murtha, Janet Reno, administration, Democratic National Committee, Ned Lamont, DNC, McGovernite, Maxine Waters, Waters, Lieberman, Barbara Boxer, Russell Feingold, Feingold, Democratic party, Dick Durbin, Senate Democrats, Herbert H. Kohl, John D. Rockefeller, Mark Dayton, Dianne Feinstein, president, Clintonian, Chuck Schumer, Bob Byrd, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, Bill Richardson, Daschle, Harry Reid, President Bill Clinton, George Soros, Soros, James Webb, Bob Casey, Dems, Barbara Lee, Biden, Barbra Streisand, Harman, Alcee Hastings, James B. Hunt, Jon Tester, Bob Casey Jr., Heath Shuler, Jim Webb, Tester, Casey, Webb, "Ned the Red" Lamont, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Democratic Congress, Vernon Jordan
Neutral Democratic 96Democrats(14), Democrat(10), Clinton(6), Joe Lieberman(3), Hillary(3), Studds(3), Richardson(3), Nagin(2), Biden(2), Democratic(2), Howard Dean(2), Bill Clinton(2), Al Sharpton(2), John Kerry(2), Democratic House(2), Hillary Clinton(2), Pelosi(2), FDR, Earle, Richards, Tom Foley, Gary Hart, Jim Wright, Jack Murtha, Dean, Kerry, Lamont, Jesse Jackson, Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid, Lieberman, Democratic Party, Attorney General Janet Reno, Madeleine Albright, William Cohen, Teddy Kennedy, Ray Nagin, Bob Beckel, Beckel, Dean Acheson, Clinton administration, George Soros, Russ Feingold, Barney Frank, Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Democratic Senate, John Conyers Jr., Hunt
Positive Republican 244 Bush(41), Republicans(25), Republican(20), President Bush(11), Allen(9), Rice(9), White House(8), Bush administration(7), Tom DeLay(7), Newt Gingrich(5), the president(5), Republican Party(5), Ronald Reagan(5), Reagan(4), McCain(4), Joe McCarthy(4), Gingrich(3), Karl Rove(3), George Bush(3), DeLay(3), vice president(3), Claude Allen(3), Conservatives(2), Oliver North(2), Helms(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), Pat Buchanan(2), Laffey(2), Richard Nixon(2), Rush Limbaugh(2), Clarence Pendleton, Newt, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Tom Tancredo, Lamar Alexander, Limbaugh, Cheney, John McCain, Republican president, Barry Goldwater, Dan Quayle, Reagan administration, Lee Atwater, administration, Nixon, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Stephen Laffey, Donald Rumsfeld, Steve Laffey, McClellan, Bush White House, Lewis Libby, Dick Cheney, Jesse Helms, Libby, Ken Starr, Ashcroft, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Foley, George W. Bush, Ed Meese, Colin Powell, Alberto Gonzales, Spencer Abraham, Carlos Gutierrez, Elaine Chao, Bush Cabinet, Gale Ann Norton, Ann Veneman, Margaret Spellings, president Bush
Negative Republican 100 Bush(23), Chafee(15), Republicans(13), President Bush(5), Lincoln Chafee(4), Foley(3), Bush administration(3), McCain(3), the president(2), Frist(2), conservatives(2), Republican(2), Conservatives(2), administration(2), Lee Atwater, Newt Gingrich, C. Everett Koop, Koop, John Cornyn, Bill Frist, Mr. President, Lamar Alexander, Republican Party, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Lindsey Graham, John Warner, Pat Buchanan, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Lincoln Chaffee, Norman Mineta
Neutral Republican 111Bush(24), Republican(12), Republicans(11), President Bush(6), Bush administration(5), Allen(5), White House(4), Foley(4), McCain(3), Reagan(3), Ronald Reagan(2), congressional Republicans(2), GOP(2), Condoleezza Rice, Scott McClellan, McCarthyism, Claude Allen, Helms, Pataki, Jack Abramoff, conservatives, Rush Limbaugh, Senate Republicans, Cheney, Koop, Peter King, President Richard Nixon, Nixon, Reagan administration, president, Republican Senate, Alan Schlesinger, Karl Rove, Eisenhower, Richard Armitage, Armitage, Graham, the president, Mark Foley, administration, Republican president



List of Columns

Lines in yellow indicate a substantive crossover column, meaning that the column is of opposite sign to the pundit's Normalized Total PI for the season, and contains at least five non-neutral partisan references.
Title/
Date
words Norm
PI
Partisan References
Kwanzaa: Holiday from the FBI
27 December 2006
1081 50 1R-: President Bush
1R=
Frank Rich declares Iraq 'box office poison'
20 December 2006
1056 23 1D-: Kerry
4R=
Surrender by any other name...
13 December 2006
1047 90 8D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Rahm Emanuel, Democrats, Vernon Jordan, Bill Clinton
1R+: Republicans
1D=
Incoming Congress prepares to launch 'Operation Surrender'
6 December 2006
912 89 3D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic
6R+: President Bush, Republican, President Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
1D=
Airport Security Should Be Profiling Arabs
29 November 2006
797 100 2R+: president Bush, Bush
What can I do to make your flight more uncomfortable?
22 November 2006
943 0
Desperate Congresswomen of Hysteria Lane
15 November 2006
978 70 3D+: Gore, Donna Brazile, Brazile
9D-: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, Pelosi, Pelosi, Democratic Congress
29R+: Condoleezza Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice, President Bush, Rice, George Bush, Rice, Rice, Bush, Colin Powell, Bush, Rice, Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Spencer Abraham, Carlos Gutierrez, Elaine Chao, Bush Cabinet, Bush, Gale Ann Norton, Ann Veneman, Margaret Spellings, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R-: Lincoln Chaffee, Norman Mineta
3D=
Historic victory for Diebold!
8 November 2006
1085 60 1D+: Joe Lieberman
27D-: Democrats, Democrats, Jon Tester, Bob Casey Jr., Heath Shuler, Jim Webb, Democrats, Democrats, Tester, Casey, Webb, "Ned the Red" Lamont, Democrats, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrats, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Democrats, Clinton, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
7R+: President Bush, Republicans, Bush, Republicans, Republican, Republicans, Republicans
5R-: Dwight Eisenhower, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Republicans
7D=, 1R=
Jihad is fun! Vote Democrat!
1 November 2006
1066 82 25D-: Democrat, John Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Jane Harman, Pelosi, Harman, Alcee Hastings, Pelosi, Hastings, Hastings, Hastings, Hastings, Democrat, Hastings, Hastings
2R+: Karl Rove, George W. Bush
5D=, 1R=
Dems' favorite Halloween costume: Patriot
25 October 2006
1060 72 14D-: Dems, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Barbara Lee, Democrat, Democrats, Democrats, Howard Dean, Biden, Richardson, Dean, Democrats, Democrats
1R+: Bush
5D=, 1R=
O.J. trials for terrorists
18 October 2006
1064 76 1D+: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
20D-: Democrats, Democrat, Democrats, President Bill Clinton, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, George Soros, Soros, Democrats, James Webb, Bob Casey, Clinton, Carter, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
2R+: Tom DeLay, Bush
3D=, 2R=
Clinton's new glow job
11 October 2006
1194 76 20D-: Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton administration, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton administration, Bill Richardson, Clinton administration, Clinton administration, Jimmy Carter, Clinton, Democrats, Richardson, Clinton administration, Clinton, Richardson, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi
2R+: Bush, Bush
5D=, 2R=
Who knew Congressman Foley was a closeted Democrat?
4 October 2006
1185 59 1D+: Democrats
22D-: Democrat, Democrat, Democratic, Democratic, Gerry Studds, Studds, Studds, Democratic, Gerry Studds, Democratic, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, Studds, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats
11R+: Mark Foley, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republican, Bush, Republicans, Republican, Republicans
4R-: Foley, Foley, Republican, Foley
6D=, 5R=
I did not have s.e.x. with that nomad, Osama bin Laden
27 September 2006
1081 86 1D+: Clinton
22D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Clintonian, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Clinton
2R+: Republicans, Republicans
1D=, 1R=
Are videotaped beheading covered by Geneva?
20 September 2006
987 8 2D-: Democrats, Democrats
4R+: Reagan, Reagan, Rudy Giuliani, Ronald Reagan
8R-: John McCain, McCain, McCain, Lindsey Graham, John Warner, administration, Bush, McCain
1D=, 5R=
If only bin Laden had a stained blue dress
13 September 2006
1100 83 30D-: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton administration, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton administration, Democrats, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, president, Clinton, Clinton, Democrat, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Democrat
5R+: Joe McCarthy, Bush, Bush, Ashcroft, Bush
6D=, 1R=
Joe Wilson: The End of an Error
6 September 2006
1143 64 1D-: Bill Clinton
15R+: White House, White House, White House, Bush White House, White House, Karl Rove, Lewis Libby, Dick Cheney, vice president, vice president, Libby, vice president, White House, White House, Ken Starr
9R=
They Shot the Wrong Lincoln
31 August 2006
1212 1 1D+: Democratic
16D-: Democrat, Democrats, Lamont, Teddy Kennedy, John Kerry, Herbert H. Kohl, John D. Rockefeller, Mark Dayton, Dianne Feinstein, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, Democrats
9R+: Republican, Stephen Laffey, Donald Rumsfeld, Republican, Republican, Steve Laffey, Republican, Laffey, Laffey
28R-: President Bush, Bush, Lincoln Chafee, Bush, Bush, Lincoln Chafee, Lincoln Chafee, Chafee, Bush, Lincoln Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Republicans, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Republicans, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Republican, Republican Party
4D=, 7R=
What Part of the War on Terrorism Do They Support?
23 August 2006
1011 80 1D+: Roosevelt
17D-: Democratic, Dean, Democrats, Clinton, Democratic, Russell Feingold, Feingold, Jimmy Carter, Democrats, Democrats, Jane Harman, Democrat, John Kerry, Democratic, Dick Durbin, Democrats, Senate Democrats
5R+: Bush administration, President Bush, the president, White House, President Bush
3D=
Terrorists Win: Deodorant Banned from Airplanes
16 August 2006
739 9 1D-: Democrats
1R-: the president
Big Foot, Scoop Jackson Democrats and other myths
10 August 2006
1014 53 5D+: Scoop Jackson, Scoop Jackson, Scoop Jackson, Joe Lieberman, Lieberman
23D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, DNC, Democrats, Democrats, Ned Lamont, Lamont, Democrats, McGovernite, Democratic Party, Maxine Waters, Waters, Lamont, Lieberman, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats
5R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush
8D=, 2R=
More of John Kerry's retroactive campaign promises
26 July 2006
1059 73 9D-: John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Jimmy Carter, Democrats, Democrat
1R+: Ronald Reagan
2D=, 2R=
Liberals: Born to run
19 July 2006
1012 65 15D-: Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Joe Biden, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
1R+: Bush
7D=, 2R=
N.Y. Times: Better dead than read
13 July 2006
1031 39 4D-: Bill Clinton, administration, Clinton, Clinton
6R+: administration, Ronald Reagan, Nixon, Joe McCarthy, Reagan, President Dwight D. Eisenhower
3R-: President Bush, Bush, administration
1D=, 5R=
Top secret interview exposed!
5 July 2006
985 0 4D=, 2R=
12 Down: Top secret war plans, 36 Across: Treason
28 June 2006
1132 50 2R-: Bush administration, Republicans
2R=
'Godless' causes liberals to pray...for a book burning
21 June 2006
1024 51 6D-: John Murtha, Democrats, Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Janet Reno
2R-: C. Everett Koop, Koop
1R=
Party of rapist proud to be godless
14 June 2006
1142 62 8D-: Hillary, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Hillary, Rahm "Don't Touch My Tutu" Emanuel, Democrats, Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Party
11R+: Joe McCarthy, Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Dan Quayle, Oliver North, Pat Buchanan, Newt Gingrich, Ronald Reagan, Pat Buchanan, Lee Atwater, Newt Gingrich
4R-: Ronald Reagan, Pat Buchanan, Lee Atwater, Newt Gingrich
1D=, 1R=
Hey you, browsing 'Godless' -- buy the book or get out!
7 June 2006
1070 100 2D-: Hillary Clinton, William Jefferson
Se puede get two years tax-free!
31 May 2006
892 27 3D-: Democrat, Democrats, Al Gores
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R=
Apple-polisher show P.O.W. real courage
24 May 2006
1108 77 10R+: Republican, John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, Republican, Republican, McCain, Bush, Republicans
3R=
Read my lips: no new amnesty
17 May 2006
960 23 2D-: Ted Kennedy, Democratic Party
1R+: Cheney
7R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 4R=
Conservatives need 12-step program to manhood
10 May 2006
1044 62 21D-: Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Kennedy, Kennedy, Democrats, Hillary, liberals, Jimmy Carter, liberals, liberals, liberals
5R+: Rush Limbaugh, Tom DeLay, Limbaugh, Conservatives, Republicans
5R-: Conservatives, Republicans, conservatives, Conservatives, conservatives
1D=, 4R=
Tuition soars due to knowledge shortfall
3 May 2006
1047 33 1R+: White House
2R=
It's hard out here for a pump
26 April 2006
1086 87 27D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, liberals, Democrats, Clinton, Democratic Party, Al Gore, Gore, Democrats, Tom Foley, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Tom Foley, Tom Foley, Democrats, John Kerry, Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, liberals
4D=
Lie down with strippers, wake up with pleas
19 April 2006
997 100 4D-: Bill Clinton, Democratic, Democrat, Bill Clinton
Brown is the new black
12 April 2006
1033 100 2D-: Teddy Kennedy, Kennedy
2R+: Tom Tancredo, Lamar Alexander
Liberal war on terrorism heats up: DeLay finally captured
5 April 2006
1140 70 3D+: FDR, JFK, FDR
20D-: Liberal, liberals, liberals, liberal, Ronnie Earle, Earle, Liberals, liberals, liberals, liberals, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Ronnie Earle, Democratic, Ann Richards, liberals
29R+: DeLay, Tom DeLay, Tom DeLay, Republican, Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Ed Meese, Oliver North, Clarence Pendleton, Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Tom DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Tom DeLay, Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich, Gingrich, Gingrich, Reagan, Newt, Newt Gingrich, Republicans, Republican, Republican, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Conservatives
4R-: Republicans, Republicans, the president, Lamar Alexander
2D=, 2R=
NYT, broken clock: Both occasionally correct
29 March 2006
1008 29 2R+: President Bush, Bush
5R=
Poll: Most Americans love Coulter columns!
22 March 2006
1051 49 2D+: Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter
4D-: liberals, Democrats, Clinton, John Kerry
10R+: President Bush, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Bush, the president, George Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush
1D=, 7R=
Welcome to My World, Claude Allen
15 March 2006
1158 76 1D+: Clinton
7D-: Democrats, Democrat, Clinton administration, Democratic, Barbra Streisand, Democratic, James B. Hunt
30R+: Claude Allen, Bush administration, Republican, Condoleezza Rice, Claude Allen, President Bush, Bush, Allen, Allen, Bush, the president, Bush, Allen, Republicans, Allen, Allen, Bush administration, Bush administration, Rush Limbaugh, Allen, Allen, Allen, Republican, Republican, Republican Party, Allen, Jesse Helms, Helms, Helms, Claude Allen
1D=, 8R=
It's hard out here for a wimp
8 March 2006
968 100 3D-: Democratic, Democrats, Democratic Party
3R+: Republicans, Bush, Republican Party
Speaking Truth to Dead Horses: My Oscar Predictions
1 March 2006
1022 0 1R=
So, 3 Muslims walk into a port ...
22 February 2006
1033 23 3D-: Democrats, Jimmy Carter, Carter
6R-: Bush, Mr. President, Bush administration, Bush, President Bush, Bush administration
1R=
Muslim bites dog
15 February 2006
791 18 1R+: McClellan
2D=, 2R=
Calvin and Hobbes -- and Muhammad
8 February 2006
762 0
Alito...Boo!
1 February 2006
950 46 19D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Joe Biden, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Tom Daschle, Tom Daschle, Daschle, Democrats, Democrat, Harry Reid, Democrats, Democrats
8R+: Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush, President Bush, Republicans, Republican, Republican
9R-: Bill Frist, Frist, Frist, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
8R=
'Chocolate City' Sprinkled With Nuts
18 January 2006
1077 47 1D+: Zell Miller
13D-: Hillary, Hillary, Democrats, Hillary, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Teddy Kennedy, Democrats, Kennedy, Democrats, Bob Byrd, Democrats
1R+: Reagan administration
1R-: Republicans
8D=, 2R=
Fork replaces donkey as Democratic party symbol
12 January 2006
909 83 14D-: Democratic party, Teddy Kennedy, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Chuck Schumer, Hillary, Democrats, Democrats
5R+: Republicans, Republicans, Republican Party, Republican Party, Republican Party
1R-: John Cornyn
2D=
Why We Don't Trust Democrats With National Security
4 January 2006
1035 88 11D-: Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Barbara Boxer, Democrats, Jimmy Carter, Democratic, Democrats, Democrat, Democrats
9R+: Bush administration, Republican president, the president, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration
3R=