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Obama vs. Jindal as Wordle Sees Them

By David LaGesse

Posted: February 25, 2009

Wordle is a fun site that turns text into "word clouds" that give greater prominence to words that appear more often in the original text. Lots of versions posted today from last night's speeches, but here is a simple one of President Obama's (click on it for a larger version):

Wordle: Obama's remarks to congress 2/24

And a comparable one from the response given by Gov. Bobby Jindal:

Wordle: Jindal's rebuttal to Obama 2/24

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