No Hope In Obama's SOTU Speech

Author: Matt Sussman
Published: January 27, 2010 at 8:01 pm
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Literally. None.

RedState snagged a word cloud of President Obama's State of the Union speech Wednesday night, and the prevailing theme was: America, Americans, jobs, businesses, and "year." I think that was one of his major campaign promises: he's been all about "year" from day one!

Contrary to Obama's detractors who use the "hope and change" mantra as a Bronx cheer of sorts, "hope" was nowhere to be found, although "change" did find a cozy home in the top left corner.

So if you didn't catch the televised speech, feel free to take this word cloud, add a tablespoon of prepositions, conjunctions, and articles ... and you'll get the drift.

Compare that to Obama's debut speech last year:

And President Bush's 2008 speech:

What do Iraqis have do to get back in the forefront of the 2011 State of the Union speech? Perhaps go to America and create jobs.

 
 

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