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

| Thu Sep. 4, 2008 3:53 PM PDT

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 Thu Sep. 4, 2008 5:06 PM PDT.

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."

Submitted by Tim J. (not verified) on Thu Sep. 4, 2008 5:20 PM PDT.

Seriously. How did they omit those two!?

Submitted by idle crank (not verified) on Thu Sep. 4, 2008 5:26 PM PDT.

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...

Submitted by Michele Wood (not verified) on Sat Sep. 6, 2008 10:24 AM PDT.

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

Submitted by MarthaA (not verified) on Sun Sep. 7, 2008 3:54 PM PDT.

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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