VP Debate: Word for Word

By Sam Felder on October 8, 2004 9:59 AM | | Comments (1)

Although Gwen Ifill chastised Edwards for using John Kerry's name while answering an inanely worded question, it turns out that Edwards used the words "John Kerry" a total of 36 times in the debate. Compared to Cheney's infrequent references to George Bush, 10 times, this reveals something about the attitude of the Vice Presidential candidates towards the top of their tickets.

Cheney also made a number of statements that could suggest that he is actually calling his own shots on important policy matters.

As we watch tonight's debate, it will be helpful to remember that one of these candidates is running to be President and the other to be a public stooge while his Veep runs the show behind his back.

For more revealing statistics, Cameron Marlow's debate analyzer can be quite helpful. It yielded the following information:

Edwards

john kerry (36), american people (28), tax cuts (16), saddam hussein (14), health care (14), united states (14), four years (11), al qaida (10), osama bin (10), mr. vice president (10), drug companies (9), thursday night (8), insurance companies (8), 75 percent of the world (7), cases out of the system (7), nuclear weapons (7), no-bid contract (6), department of homeland security (6), israeli people (6), 9/11 commission (6), ceo of halliburton (6), mess in iraq (6), spread of nuclear weapons (6), good judgment (5), prescription drugs (5)

Cheney

saddam hussein (11), fact of the matter (10), united states (10), al qaida (7), significant progress (7), wrong side of defense issues (7), vice president (7), united states senate (6), making significant progress (6), senator kerry (6), first time (6), weapons of mass destruction (6), families of suicide bombers (6), senator edwards (6), global war on terror (6), states that sponsor terror (6), u.n. security council (6), speaker of the house (6), several things (5), half years (5), tax cuts (5), wrong place (5), prescription drugs (5), states senate (5), small businesses (5)

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jen said:

Here are my comments, please delete this

October 25, 2004 1:49 PM

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