A blogger who watched the second debate between George W. Bush and John H. Kerry counted words. This is kind of a rhetorical question but, why?
Kerry appears downright chatty - Kerry - 6,916 words, Bush - 6,197.
Given there were breaks for questions and the moderator thats still a lot of words.
Here are words that were used 10 or more times over two hours.
BUSH
tax(es) - 33
decision(s) - 24
president - 23
America(n)(s) - 22
vote/voting/voted - 20
job(s) - 15
plan - 13
weapons - 13
spend(ing) - 12
drug(s) - 12
terror(ist/ism) - 11
Iraq - 11
Saddam - 11
health - 10
cut(ting) - 10
KERRY
president - 84
America(n)(s) - 42
plan - 31
tax(es) - 27
health - 22
job(s) - 22
cut(ting) - 22
nation(s)(al) (no proper nouns) - 10
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What’d I’d like to say is a phrase breakdown. Both clowns resorted to slogan crutches a ridiculous number of times. Some example:
“75% of al Quaeda”
“I have a plan”
“Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time”
“He can run, but he can’t hide”
“90% of the casualities and 90% of the cost”
I don’t think either candidate is a clown.
I think political-speak doesn’t come cheap.:^(
Well, last night I watched Bush, Sr. and Dukakis debate and found both more appealing than the current pair. Heck, I watched Kennedy vs. Nixon, and even Nixon was more appealing than Bush and Kerry. *shudder*
Why three debates?
I can understand one, what is the reasoning for three?
In Canadian federal elections we have two debates with the four party leaders - one in French and one in English.
It varies from election to election and the two major parties get to decide. They also get to exclude minor parties, thus keeping them minor. The CPD is bi-partisan, not non-partisan. >:{