2008 Obama - McCain Presidential Debate 3 Word Clouds

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	2008 Obama - McCain Presidential Debate 3 Word Clouds

devans00

10-16-2008 2:01 AM

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senator, barack obama, john mccain, debate, president, 2008, campaign

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The word clouds of Obama and McCain show that Obama practices what he preaches. He really is about change and looking forward to the future.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6e32ea68-fc4b-4c44-99e1-680c9acff9eb/D34D9D5E-6DCD-4F55-9FD6-77BF29801209/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013" href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailykos.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><P>There is at least one striking difference, and a few smaller differences worth noting.  First, let's look at McCain's word cloud.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailykos.com/img/55D867A9-0FE5-4293-AB0E-FDDD0BA86A4F" alt=" title=" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><P>Here's Obama's word cloud:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailykos.com/img/03F0C1DE-E18E-4645-9914-E3F06049590C" alt=" title=" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><P><EM>Going.</EM>  Nearly always as part of "going to" (I'm going to, it's going to, we're going to), a future verb form, showing plans and intentions for the future.  Very smart, and very forward looking.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><P>Obama's main tic is "think", which appears about fifty times, nearly always as part of "<STRONG>I </STRONG>think...".  I don't personally have a problem with it, although some might.  McCain used it eleven times in his turns, so could infer that Obama thinks five times as often.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><P>Spending a lot of time saying your opponent's name is called "free advertising."  It hammers home that the man is a Senator, and his name is Obama, however odd that may sound to some people.  After all the times he said it - fifty-five, give or take! - it begins to have the Al Franken effect.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><SPAN class="diaryTitle">The words themselves from debate #3: word clouds</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/02848/584/571/632013"><H3 class="byline">by <A href="http://writelight.dailykos.com">writelight</A>
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