word cloud analysis of Obama's and Cheney's speeches

[fishwax]

No real surprises here, but an interesting visual.

Obama's speech:


Cheney's speech:


Here's a link to the CBS story: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/21/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5031745.shtml

[tuvor]

1. Cheney uttered "Guantanamo" only twice.

Not a big selling point, I guess.

[Quantess]

2. The writer of the article, Stephanie Condon,

went out of her way to paint that creep Cheney in a favorable light.

[fishwax]

4. yeah, her analysis is quite a stretch

I think the pictures tell a much different story. The huge "terrorists" and "9/11" capture the chant of the last eight years quite well.

[Wednesdays]

3. For Cheney, the biggest word is "terrorists"

For Obama, the biggest word is "people." It shows quite starkly where each of their priorities lie.

[fishwax]

5. that's what I thought too

terrorists is huge. Must have been ever third word, like some kind of nervous tic :rofl:

[Odin2005]

6. Cheney = a noun, a verb, and 9/11

[emulatorloo]

7. A noun, a verb, a lie, and 9/11

I think I heard KO say that last night.

Whoever said it, it is so true

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Cheney: a noun, a verb ...

... a wah.

[Canuckistanian]

9. How are those things made?

Is there a site or an application that does that?

[fishwax]

10. wordle.net

You can create one by providing a link or by pasting text, and then you can change the colors, font, etc. to fit your purpose: http://www.wordle.net/

[arcadian]

11. I disagree

Obama mentioned 9/11 a couple of times and he mention that we were at war with Al Qaeda which he mentioned at least twice. I don't see that represented at all.

[fishwax]

12. they're there

"war" is pretty big, actually, so he must've mentioned it several times. Since Al Qaeda is two words they're on there separately, but they're both there. I don't see 9/11, but it's hard to make out some of the smaller words ...