via Wonkette
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I'm not sure what it tells you exactly, but Wonkette points to this wonderful online tool for parsing the President's SOTUs and 2001 special address to Congress. Just enter two words (like "marriage" and "compassion" for example) and the tool does the rest.
It shouldn't be surprising I guess that in all of these five speeches, Bush has mentioned "war" more times than "peace" (even before 9/11). Sigh...
But war is peace.
Posted by: NeoDude | February 03, 2005 at 11:23 AM
Excellent, Neodude.
Posted by: Dantheman | February 03, 2005 at 11:24 AM
And freedom is slavery... (inspired by NeoDude)
Fascinating tool, Edward. I just ran a search for human rights and democracy, with the following results...
Posted by: Jesurgislac | February 03, 2005 at 11:41 AM
another eye-opening set of results: reality and truth...this is fun!
Posted by: Edward | February 03, 2005 at 12:09 PM
Try putting "Osama" in one and leaving the other blank. Wow.
Posted by: Opus | February 03, 2005 at 12:29 PM
Ok, I'm rethinking this. I can go with GWB not wanting to give ObL the time of day in his SOTU speeches.
Try "health care" and "terror." Or "environment" and "terror."
Just like any other President, I suppose, he's completely avoided the use of the words "gay," "homosexual," "guns," and "abortion" (the latter with one exception).
Posted by: Opus | February 03, 2005 at 12:38 PM
Al-Qaeda versus Iraq
Posted by: Jesurgislac | February 03, 2005 at 12:39 PM
Try Osama versus Saddam. I'm afraid that the results indicate that George wasn't just avoiding giving bin Laden free publicity...he was ignoring him as a threat.
Posted by: Dianne | February 03, 2005 at 12:45 PM
Hmmm... No sex and spanking apparently.
I'll keep looking.
Posted by: GT | February 03, 2005 at 02:42 PM
Hmmm... No sex and spanking apparently.
Poor Dr Phil. Whatever shall he do?
Posted by: Anarch | February 03, 2005 at 07:16 PM
I got a /great/ email from my father, probably forwarded. Gave me a belly laugh:
Today is Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address. It is an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, and the other involves a groundhog.
Posted by: Catsy | February 04, 2005 at 01:16 AM