Doug Ross @ Journal

Grim Milestone: New York Times uses the term 'Bushies' for the 130th time since the 2000 Election

I've detected a subtle pattern in the New York Times' use of language when describing the current administration.

Since the 2000 election, there have been 130 op-eds, news stories, reviews, and letters -- including so-called "Art" and "Book" reviews -- that have mentioned the term "Bushies." And, as you can see from the list, it has nothing to do with Iraq and so-called "lies" about WMDs. Long before even 9/11, the Times was banging the "Bushies" gong.

Even if such phrases were mildly humorous, the hilarity would have died down after, say, the first thirty or so times they used it. But it's not the least bit humorous. It's not serious. It's not respectful. And its rampant overuse is endemic of a fundamental disrespect the Times holds for America's institutions; including the U.S. military and the Executive Branch of government (so long as Republicans hold power).

For readability's sake, I've had to condense the following list somewhat. On many occasions, the term was used multiple times in a single article. In fact, just to hammer her point home, Dowd used the term three times in a single article on five different occasions (Friedman had three such trifectas; while David Brooks only had one... slacker).

1. 01/29/2007: PAUL KRUGMAN "...even after the Bushies are gone, bad energy ..." 2. 11/11/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...compared with the Bushies, or even Hillary Clinton ..." 3. 11/05/2006: Michael Kinsley "...and immediately the Bushies launched into precisely the..." 4. 09/17/2006: William Safire "...accounts blitzed the Bushies with the fearsome word ' ..." 5. 09/16/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...is how the Bushies dismiss those who don't grasp ..." 6. 08/31/2006: DAVID BROOKS "...truth-seekers that the Bushies were so vicious they would ..." 7. 05/15/2006: BOB HERBERT "...on. The Bushies will tell you that it ..." 8. 04/26/2006: Alex Witchel "...fall of the Bushies or Hillary -- forever Hillary ..." 9. 04/12/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...overcrowded with hallucinatory Bushies. W. defended his ..." 10. 04/08/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...Coincidence? The Bushies once more showed incompetence by ..." 11. 03/22/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...? When the Bushies harp on training Iraqi security ..." 12. 03/15/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...soaring against the Bushies' power-mad stumbles. They ... ..." 13. 03/08/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...that the bellicose Bushies do share a presentation aesthetic ..." 14. 02/12/2006: JOSEF JOFFE "...view of the Bushies, as well as of ..." 15. 02/11/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...kids. The Bushies can continue to claim that ..." 16. 02/08/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...how far the Bushies' sulfurous scaremongering on terror ..." 17. 02/01/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...pigheaded. The Bushies are more obsessed with snooping ..." 18. 01/25/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...way, the Bushies are reducing their abuse of ..." 19. 01/21/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...None of the Bushies' actions in defiance of ..." 20. 01/18/2006: MAUREEN DOWD "...all allowed the Bushies to use 9/11 as a ..." 21. 12/04/2005: DAVID BROOKS "...deteriorate, the Bushies exuded what Packer calls a ..." 22. 12/03/2005: MAUREEN DOWD "...clear. The Bushies don't believe in it. ..." 23. 10/08/2005: MAUREEN DOWD ".... While the Bushies have been trying to reassure ..." 24. 09/18/2005: DAVID BROOKS "...plan. The Bushies are still trying to figure ..." 25. 08/10/2005: MAUREEN DOWD "...operative, the Bushies could out him. But ..." 26. 04/30/2005: MAUREEN DOWD "...to tell the Bushies what they wanted to hear ..." 27. 03/17/2005: MAUREEN DOWD "...news. The Bushies created their own reality to ..." 28. 02/17/2005: MAUREEN DOWD "...' With the Bushies, if you're their friend ..." 29. 02/10/2005: MAUREEN DOWD "...Post that the Bushies ensured that Condi's appearance ..." 30. 01/29/2005: DAVID BROOKS "...The Bushies' New Groove ..." 31. 01/20/2005: MAUREEN DOWD "...only equation the Bushies know is this one: ..." 32. 12/23/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...dystopia. The Bushies are betting a lot on ..." 33. 12/12/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...straining. The Bushies were fixated on Iraq, ..." 34. 12/12/2004: MICHAEL CROWLEY "...in which the Bushies masterfully harnessed their ..." 35. 11/30/2004: Letter "...I'm glad the Bushies won. They're such poor ..." 36. 11/11/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...team. The Bushies can stop mentioning Osama's ..." 37. 11/07/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...reality, the Bushies cocoon in a scary, ..." 38. 10/31/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...vibe. The Bushies' campaign pitch follows their ..." 39. 09/23/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...tense. The Bushies' perverse private calculation about ..." 40. 09/19/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...how far the Bushies will go to squelch any ..." 41. 09/16/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...Democrats fear the Bushies are capable of any level ..." 42. 09/09/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...flimflammed by the Bushies. But at the convention ..." 43. 09/06/2004: WILLIAM SAFIRE "...Finally, bouncing Bushies are properly concerned ..." 44. 09/05/2004: FRANK RICH "...Swifties and the Bushies would be obvious even if ..." 45. 09/02/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...fears that the Bushies are bullies alternate with high- ..." 46. 08/29/2004: Jacob Weisberg "...responsible than the Bushies themselves for misleading ..." 47. 08/15/2004: Calvin Trillin "...so said the Bushies, We had to act ..." 48. 07/08/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "..., as some Bushies refer to him, finally ..." 49. 06/27/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...the once sweat-free Bushies were acting jangly. First ..." 50. 06/10/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...hype, some Bushies revved up the theme that ..." 51. 05/20/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...Open and sharing Bushies. Now there's a ..." 52. 04/04/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...resolve. The Bushies are busy putting a retroactive ..." 53. 03/27/2004: DAVID BROOKS "...! Everything the Bushies say is incorrect. And ..." 54. 03/25/2004: MAUREEN DOWD "...has panicked the Bushies, who are running as ..." 55. 03/23/2004: ELISABETH BUMILLER and JUDITH MILLER; "..., and the Bushies were not ..." 56. 12/20/2003: DAVID BROOKS "...debate. The Bushies haven't done it yet, ..." 57. 12/17/2003: WILLIAM SAFIRE "...sauce for the Bushies. An ordinarily astute S.A.O. ..." 58. 11/02/2003: Arts - Letter "...media toward the Bushies, as exposed by Mr. ..." 59. 09/25/2003: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "...terrorism, the Bushies behave like Viking warriors. ..." 60. 09/09/2003: DAVID BROOKS ".... The leading Bushies almost never admit serious mistakes ..." 61. 09/03/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...feet? * Bushies thought freeing Iraq from Saddam ..." 62. 07/30/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...'s clear the Bushies played up the terror angle ..." 63. 07/02/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "..., will the Bushies make Willie & ..." 64. 06/29/2003: Maureen Dowd "...reign of the Bushies. She wows some people ..." 65. 06/22/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...the year the Bushies spent trash-talking about whupping him ..." 66. 06/18/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...fancy. The Bushies dismissed the Clintons as ' ..." 67. 06/08/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "..., as the Bushies call John Edwards, merely ..." 68. 05/28/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...Iran. The Bushies are playing up Al Qaeda ..." 69. 05/25/2003: MAUREEN DOWD ".... And the Bushies were not above playing on ..." 70. 05/11/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...-- when the Bushies exploited 9/11 to hype the ..." 71. 04/23/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "....) The Bushies pretend that we don't want ..." 72. 03/16/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...Sure, the Bushies might be feeling a bit ..." 73. 03/05/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...style, the Bushies have grown tetchy about the ..." 74. 03/02/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...war, the Bushies are now obscuring the Pentagon ..." 75. 02/16/2003: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "...(like some Bushies) still have a lot ..." 76. 02/14/2003: PAUL KRUGMAN "...appeasement to the Bushies, as you surely knew ..." 77. 02/12/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...Qaeda, the Bushies have been hellbent on making ..." 78. 02/02/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...All week the Bushies did Cirque du Soleil contortions ..." 79. 01/08/2003: MAUREEN DOWD "...delegates. The Bushies are giving tax breaks to ..." 80. 12/08/2002: MAUREEN DOWD ".... If the Bushies want their fiscal policy, ..." 81. 12/04/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...by the warlike Bushies. Some are skittering left ..." 82. 11/27/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...and that the Bushies are less zealous about getting ..." 83. 11/05/2002: NICHOLAS KRISTOF "...columns criticize the Bushies, I get torrents of ..." 84. 11/02/2002: BILL KELLER "...up to the Bushies (on executive privilege, ..." 85. 09/22/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...roaches. The Bushies want to bring back the ..." 86. 09/18/2002: MAUREEN DOWD ".... But the Bushies have gotten a taste of ..." 87. 09/06/2002: NICHOLAS KRISTOF "...sticks pins into Bushies who are unreasonably..." 88. 09/04/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...it. The Bushies figured if they went after ..." 89. 09/01/2002: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "...worrying about the Bushies is that they seem much ..." 90. 08/26/2002: WILLIAM SAFIRE "...and yesterday's Bushies of the need to overthrow ..." 91. 08/25/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...It was the Bushies themselves who churned up trouble ..." 92. 08/18/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...9/11. Bellicose Bushies have yet to offer a ..." 93. 08/16/2002: NICHOLAS KRISTOF "...example, the Bushies tied up negotiations for this ..." 94. 06/25/2002: NICHOLAS KRISTOF "...(like the Bushies) block $34 million ..." 95. 06/12/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...thankful that the Bushies were finally catching somebody and ..." 96. 05/22/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...'s why the Bushies are trying to terrify us ..." 97. 05/22/2002: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "...now prompted the Bushies not only to defend themselves ..." 98. 05/19/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "...hijackings. The Bushies were still fixated on their ..." 99. 05/15/2002: MAUREEN DOWD ".... Instead, Bushies are using that dark and ..." 100.04/24/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "... 9/11. Yesterday Bushies were eager to dispel the ..." 101.03/03/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "... one. The Bushies probably need Mr. Daschle's ..." 102.02/24/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "... blockbusters suit the Bushies -- and Karl Rove and ..." 103.01/23/2002: MAUREEN DOWD "... Condi, the Bushies are hailed as conquering heroes ..." 104.11/30/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... a shield the Bushies insist they must remove the ..." 105.11/25/2001: MAUREEN DOWD "... guard when the Bushies simply ask us to trust ..." 106.09/07/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... But for the Bushies, context is nothing. ..." 107.08/22/2001: MAUREEN DOWD "... theology. The Bushies gave Russia a deadline yesterday ..." 108.07/29/2001: MAUREEN DOWD "... , with the Bushies beating their chests and growling ..." 109.07/24/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... clarity to the Bushies' arguments on missile defense ..." 110.07/10/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... wanted. The Bushies should say to Mr. Arafat ..." 111.06/27/2001: MAUREEN DOWD "... he helped the Bushies and conservatives portray Clarence..." 112.06/15/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... . Surely the Bushies know that -- don't they ..." 113.06/08/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... the I.M.F. The Bushies claim that only I.M.F., ..." 114.06/03/2001: MAUREEN DOWD "... . And the Bushies do not exact revenge deftly ..." 115.05/29/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... was that the Bushies will do whatever they please ..." 116.05/18/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... First, the Bushies came into office with the ..." 117.05/06/2001: MAUREEN DOWD "... impulsive. The Bushies wanted to be more muscular ..." 118.04/15/2001: MAUREEN DOWD "... . Blissed out Bushies confided to reporters doing ..." 119.04/14/2001: Frank Rich "... business of the Bushies is business, and no ..." 120.04/01/2001: Garry Wills "... ''the Bushies'' is dismissed as ..." 121.03/20/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... is between the Bushies and America's allies. ..." 122.01/28/2001: David Brooks "... wrong. The Bushies, on the other hand ..." 123.01/22/2001: ERIC SCHMITT "... the place for Bushies to unwind after a long ..." 124.01/07/2001: MAUREEN DOWD "... ''The Bushies act like they're in a ..." 125.01/05/2001: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... Yes, the Bushies have position papers. They ..." 126.12/24/2000: DAVID SANGER "... Clintonites and the Bushies 05/have nothing to do ..." 127.12/22/2000: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... general, key Bushies opposed Mexico and would be ..." 128.12/19/2000: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... changed since the Bushies were last in office eight ..." 129.12/12/2000: THOMAS FRIEDMAN "... lead, the Bushies used every legal maneuver to ..." 130.11/22/2000: MAUREEN DOWD "... If the furious Bushies can't win in state court ..."

Think Democrats are treated with an equal amount of disrespect? The Times referred to "Bubba Clinton" three times since 1992. And the offending authors -- Richard Sandomir, Jerry Gray, and B. Drumond Ayres Jr. -- are hardly well-known. The Times used the term "Clintonistas" rarely as well: only nine times since 1992, including a letter complaining about the term's use by those nasty, brutish Republicans.

So, here's my resolution. Should -- heaven forbid -- a Democrat somehow get elected President in 2008, I promise to treat that person with more respect than the Times has treated President George W. Bush. It won't be hard; they've set the bar very, very low.


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