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A Blizzard of Words: Palin at the VP Debate

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A picture is worth a thousand words, particularly in this case. Below is a word cloud of Palin’s answers in the Vice Presidential debate with Joe Biden. Words that were said more frequently are larger, also, relative to others, also. Very interesting, don’t you think? Reminds me of the “blizzard of words” comment made by Charlie Gibson during the first Palin interviews.

A Blizzard of Words

Click on the image for a larger version. You can create your own word cloud at wordle.net.


First McCain interview in weeks: Looks lost without Palin

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McCain was interviewed recently by WCSH’s John Caldwell in Portland Maine and had to answer some tough questions, and it’s clear he got a little testy at the end. Temper, temper John. I wonder if Charlie Gibson will be as tough on Sarah Palin… I doubt it. See clip below.