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Which NY Times Columnist Are You?

by John Cole|  April 5, 20044:33 pm| 6 Comments

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You are William Safire! You’re ruthless and
cunning, and a conservative demigod. You used
to write speeches for Nixon. Now you write
another column on the English language which
has made you the world’s most popular
etymologist. You hate media deregulation, but
love the Bush administration. If only you
weren’t such a brilliant writer. You bastard.

Which New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

Clearly, the quiz graders have not seen my daily assault on the English language.

(via TalkLeft)

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  1. 1.

    frontinus

    April 5, 2004 at 5:05 pm

    Horrible test. Spit out that I was Nicholas D. Kristof. But since I never read op-ed I have no idea who the hell that is. And the only part of the description that I think fits me is that I piss off Christians. Another 2 minutes of life I can never get back.

  2. 2.

    Max

    April 6, 2004 at 3:01 pm

    I was Thomas Friedman, “a leading voice in the pro-war movement.”

    what else is there to say.

  3. 3.

    Stentor

    April 6, 2004 at 7:56 pm

    It told me I was Friedman because I’m interested in foreign policy and am pro-war, despite the fact that I clearly clicked “domestic” and “against.”

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    pearl harbor

    June 10, 2004 at 12:22 pm

    pearl harbor

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    pearl harbor

    June 10, 2004 at 12:22 pm

    pearl harbor

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  1. Deinonychus antirrhopus says:
    April 6, 2004 at 9:15 am

    Oh, this is just wrong wrong wrong

    John Cole over at Balloon Juice links to a quiz, which NY Times columnist are you? I got (gulp): You are Maureen Dowd! You like to give people sillynicknames and write in really short, nonsequitur paragraphs. You’re the most playful ofthe columnists an…

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