Counting:

We looked at this speech posted on the White House website, Remarks by the President at Marquette, Michigan Rally. Here are the numbers:

4,202 words 291 sentences

21 mentions of "terror" or "terrorists"
3 mentions of "violence" or "violent"
4 mentions of "kill"
6 mentions of "peace"

That's a high scare-words to sentences ratio, especially when you consider that 1/3 of the speech was introductory thanks to the hosts. (Also many sentences were short. E.g these two: "I married a fabulous woman. She is a great First Lady.")

posted by Quiddity at 7/13/2004 03:18:00 PM