A New York Times graphic tallying the number of times the Democrats and Republicans used particular words during their conventions.

Helsinki is 7 hours ahead of NYC, but that didn’t stop me from staying up until five in the morning to frustratingly watch the RNC. If they’re going to boo Obama for not calling the war  a “victory” and for ensuring all people are read their rights, well I don’t know what to say. Democrats referred to McCain by his name more than Republicans referred to Obama by name. Instead, they just called him “our opponent” which reminded me of the way creepy governments depersonalize “the enemy.”

Whoever wrote the graphic caption seems to be a Republican and said that “Republicans talked about reform far more frequently than the Democrats” - hmm yes they said “reform” 22 to 6, but the Democrats said “change” 89 to 30… Maybe this word focus isn’t such a good way to gage anything… but I would like to know how many times the Republicans said, “we need to drill, drill, drill!”

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