Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Debate II: The Bingo Card

Since last night's Presidential debate covered no new substantive ground, we might as well entertain ourselves by scoring what the candidates did (and didn't) say. To that end...
  • Began a sentence with "Well": Obama 13, McCain 12.
  • Began a sentence with "Look": McCain 4, Obama 4.
  • Mentioned Pres. Bush: Obama 10, McCain 5.
  • Mentioned Vice Pres. Cheney: McCain 1, Obama 0.
  • Mentioned Sen. Biden: McCain 0, Obama 0.
  • Mentioned Gov. Palin: McCain 0, Obama 0.
  • Mentioned Iraq: Obama 8, McCain 7.
  • Mentioned Osama bin Laden: Obama 7, McCain 1.
  • Mentioned al Qaeda: McCain 3, Obama 3.
  • Mentioned the Taliban: McCain 3, Obama 2.
  • Called his opponent "Senator": Obama 45, McCain 31.
  • Referred to his opponent by first name: Obama 1, McCain 0.
  • Referred to his opponent as "that one": McCain 1, Obama 0.
  • Addressed audience as "my friends": McCain 19, Obama 0.
There's a drinking game in there somewhere.