Vodkapundit recaps the Republican debate. Saves me from having to watch it…
Hat tip: Patterico’s Pontifications.
Tag: debate
The second Republican Presidential Debate is on. Life is good.
Did Someone Say al-Qaeda? Part II
After the first Democratic Presidential Debate, the blogosphere made a big deal that the Democratic candidates mentioned al-Qaeda only twice during the entire debate. I joined in the fray.
So how did the Republican candidates do in their first debate? I counted five times in the transcript plus moderator Chris Matthews’ one mention.
Five times isn’t a lot for ten candidates, but it is 2.5 times as many as the Democrats.
Yup, moving along…
Republican Presidential Debate Transcript
MSNBC provides a transcript of the Republican Presidential Debate in California on May 3, 2007.
I’m waiting for an analysis on how many times the Republican candidates mentioned al Qaeda…
Update: Here is the transcript in Word doc format.
Word Tag Clouds for Republican Debate
As I prepared for the Democratic debate, here are the word tag clouds for the Republican Presidential Debate. Click on the image to see a larger view of Rep. Duncan Hunter’s tag cloud. Anything pop out at you? ;-)
Too bad we couldn’t do the same for the candidate’s gestures. McCain’s finger jabbing would fill the box.
Gaggle’s Debate Recap
Chris Matthews hosted the Republican Presidential Debates. Gaggle recaps the highlights.
I’m looking forward to debates with fewer debaters. There wasn’t enough time for this many. I’d also entertain the idea of having a different moderator, but it’s not necessary. All the candidates had to deal with the same inane questions.
Where in the World is the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library?
The Republican Presidential Debate took place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Links for May 3, 2007
More links to explore. If you follow them one by one, you’ll see how I discovered the next…
- Think Christian — Faith and culture
- Debating an atheist
- Debating an atheist, part deux — The end of Faith?
- nakedpastor — “Bare” thought and cartoons
- Einstein’s Brain’s Thoughts — Collection of quotes from TIME Magazine article
- Einstein & Faith — An article from TIME Magazine
The blogs have been added to the blogan.net blogroll.
The Republican Debate is on tonight. Gotta remember to set my DVR.
Did Someone Say al-Qaeda?
Democratic candidates said “al-Qaeda” a combined total of twice during the recent presidential debates. (Get out the electron microscopes to see it on their Word Tag Clouds.)
No global war on terror, here. Move along…
Update: It will be interesting to see the count for the Republicans. I just listened to (most of) their first debate, and I’m not sure I heard al Qaeda any more…
Hat tip: Hugh Hewitt.