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What They're Saying at the RNC (And What They're Not)

— By Jonathan Stein | Thu September 4, 2008 4:53 PM PST

Progressive Accountability has counted the number of times certain words have been used by the speakers at the Republican National Convention. A sampling of the results:

Obama: 32
Pelosi: 4
Hillary Clinton: 2
Bill Clinton: 2
President Bush: 1
War: 22
Iraq: 11
Terror: 9
The surge: 6
Osama bin Laden: 1
Pakistan: 1
Diplomacy: 1
Afghanistan: 0
Taxes: 64
Business: 46
Poverty: 4
Mortgage: 3
Middle Class: 2
Recession: 0

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      Submitted by idle crank (not verified) on September 4, 2008 - 5:06pm.

      What! They didn't count the number of times the speakers utter the words "John McCain" or "POW?" The speakers have being doing their best to foster the cult of "John McCain."

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      Submitted by Tim J. (not verified) on September 4, 2008 - 5:20pm.

      Seriously. How did they omit those two!?

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      Submitted by idle crank (not verified) on September 4, 2008 - 5:26pm.

      Number of times "John" shows up in Fred Thompson's speech: 51 or once every 49 or so words. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/267...

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      Submitted by Michele Wood (not verified) on September 6, 2008 - 10:24am.

      They also forgot to mention how many times Tom Ridge called McCain "John Bush": 1.

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      Submitted by MarthaA (not verified) on September 7, 2008 - 3:54pm.

      It can't be helped, because McCain IS McBush. John Bush and Sarah "Moose" Palin are "Rocky and Bullwinkle". Bullwinkle will try but will never get a real rabbit.

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