21. Tell people where he stands on choice, guns and the environment, and he is deader than a doornail . 22. Their friend Anthony Cronin describes them with respect and affection in his memoir " Dead as Doornails ". 23. Where else could a unicorn, dead as a doornail in one tapestry, come back to life in the next? 24. He has called the party " dead as a doornail " for abandoning its liberal roots, particularly in the Clinton years. 25. The Band NOFX mentions both Lynn and Dobbs in their song'Doornails 'in which they pay tribute to deceased punk band members. 26. He is also mentioned in the NOFX song " Doornails " from their 2006 album, " Wolves in Wolves'Clothing ". 27. We're not asking them to do that even though their budget is dead as a doornail , " a senior administration official said. 28. "I foresee the peace process being dead as a doornail , " said Harry Leichter, an Israeli supporter from Fairfax, Va. 29. The Gore-Chernomyrdin commission is " deader than a doornail , " one official said in describing what Bush intends to tell Putin. 30. In April, the San Francisco Giants were as dead as the doornail in the first stave of " A Christmas Carol " by Charles Dickens.