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July 11, 2005

Analyzing the ScottBot

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I can’t add much to the commentary by Hilzoy, Kevin Drum, Billmon, and others, but I can write a Perl program to analyze text. Here are phrases used by Scott McClellan three or more times during today’s press briefing:

9 get into commenting on
8 get to the bottom of
7 not going to get into
6 an ongoing criminal investigation
6 just not going to
5 not going to get into commenting
5 not get into commenting on
5 get into commenting on it
5 I’m just not going to
5 be glad to talk about
5 I will be glad to
5 to talk about it
5 it while it is
4 not going to get into commenting on
4 an ongoing investigation, and
4 the investigation is complete
4 I will be glad to talk about
4 get to the bottom of this
4 be glad to talk about it
4 the United States Senate
4 to get to the bottom of
4 at the appropriate time
4 get to the bottom of it
4 the fight to the enemy
4 that we not get into
4 as we move forward
4 on it while it is
4 in a serious way
4 we are going to
3 no one wants to get to the bottom of it more than the President of the United States
3 not going to get into commenting on it
3 get into commenting on it while it is
3 that we not get into commenting on
3 I will be glad to talk about it
3 be glad to talk about it at
3 take the fight to the enemy
3 in the United States Senate
3 it while it is ongoing

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