Presidential Debate Tracker: 'Colossal Error,' 'Global Test, ' and 'Hard Work,' are the top three buzzwords

Will There Be Any 'Colossal Errors In This Weeks Debate? Will It Pass The 'Global Test? One Thing is Sure: It Will Be 'Hard Work And No Frowning, Smirking, or Looks of Boredom Allowed

Danville, CA (PRWEB) October 6, 2004 -- 'Colossal Error, 'Global Test, ' and 'Hard Work, are the top three political buzzwords to emerge from last weeks Presidential Debate according to The Global Language Monitors (www.LanguageMonitor.com) PQ Index (Political-sensitivity Quotient) Debate Tracker of Hot Political Buzzwords. The PQ Index is a proprietary algorithm that tracks politically sensitive words and phrases in the media and on the Internet.

In this case, the Debate Tracker specifically monitors the chatter of the punditocracy and self-proclaimed 'thought leaders following the debate.

Though 'Colossal error, 'global test, ' and 'hard work, were the Debates top three buzzwords, they all significantly trailed 'Dan Rather bias and the 'Swift Boat issues in the full PQ Index for September," said Paul J.J. Payack, president of the Global Language Monitor, Nevertheless, 'colossal error and 'global test were both up over 450% in a matter of days and encapsulate key differentiators in the debate; this would make them likely candidates to make a impact over the next four weeks."

Colossal error was Senator Kerrys description of President Bushs decision to 'rush-to-war, while 'global test was his description of the bar he would set before committing the US to 'pre-emptive strikes, a term widely derided by the President and his supporters, and 'hard work was the term Bush used to describe the continuing efforts of the US and Iraqi governments to quell the insurgency.

Senator Kerry did get in 'misleader in several variations, and brought back the 'rush-to-war emphasis that had been a favorite of the strongly anti-war Howard Dean supporters.

'Rush-to-war has languished at No. 26 on the September PQ Index, while Misleader sits at No. 21, but stayed away from the more contentious 'Bush as liar! assault.

President Bush talked around the 'flip-flop/flopping charge (No. 8) that has plagued the Kerry campaign since the primaries, and his many 'stay-the-course comments echoed the 'steadfast (No. 23) characterization favored by the presidents supporters.

Both candidates bandied back and forth about the 'Iraq --al Qaeda link (No. 15).

In this weeks upcoming debate, we can expect to hear more about 'two Americas (No. 16), 'economic recovery (No. 10), 'jobless recovery (No. 24), and 'global outsourcing (No. 29). The fact that these issues are so lowly indexed, might result in a far better showing for the President.

For the full PQ Index, go to http://www.LanguageMonitor.com.

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