MAUREEN DOWD AND JOHN EDWARDS

Bob Somerby wrote " Hoyt didn’t count the number of times Dowd mocked Edwards as “the Breck Girl;” " and I decided to use Lexis-Nexis to find out. I searched in the NY Times for "Maureen Dowd" AND "the Breck girl" AND "Edwards" for the previous 10 years. I found 6 matches:

Running With Scissors
The New York Times, April 21, 2007 Saturday, Section A; Column 6; Editorial Desk; Pg. 15, 769 words, By MAUREEN DOWD

Obama, Legally Blonde?
The New York Times, February 14, 2007 Wednesday, Section A; Column 1; Editorial Desk; Pg. 27, 744 words, By MAUREEN DOWD

Who's Hormonal? Hillary or Dick?
The New York Times, February 8, 2006 Wednesday, Section A; Column 1; Editorial Desk; Pg. 21, 739 words, By MAUREEN DOWD

Breck Girl Takes On Dr. No
The New York Times, July 8, 2004 Thursday, Section A; Column 1; Editorial Desk; Pg. 21, 696 words, By MAUREEN DOWD. E-mail: liberties@nytimes.com

Whence the Wince?
The New York Times, March 11, 2004 Thursday, Section A; Column 1; Editorial Desk; Pg. 29, 702 words, By MAUREEN DOWD. E-mail: liberties@nytimes.com

It Couldn't Be Verse The New York Times, June 8, 2003 Sunday, Section 4; Column 6; Editorial Desk; Pg. 13, 704 words, By MAUREEN DOWD; E-mail: liberties @nytimes.com

It is only in the latest 2 columns that Dowd uses the term without mentioning that it is a GOP smear.