Barack Obama vs John McCain (1st debate), 2008 Presidential Debate Series 2008-10-09 Martin Krzywinski http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca martin.krzywinski@gmail.com Verb/Adjective pairs by Barack Obama debate:speaker:list::mccain-obama-01:obama:pair.verb.adjective 2008-10-08T22:37:26Z absorb~defensive absorb~unwilling abused~senior abused~well accelerated~nuclear account~clear account~last acknowledge~central acknowledge~greatest acknowledge~strategic acknowledged~better acknowledged~central acknowledged~enough acknowledged~greatest acknowledged~now acknowledged~possible acknowledged~still acknowledged~strategic acknowledged~well acknowledged~worse add~additional affect~much affect~risky affirm~supportive afford~last afghanistan~able afghanistan~additional afghanistan~central afghanistan~critical afghanistan~enormous afghanistan~enough afghanistan~enough afghanistan~foreign afghanistan~greatest afghanistan~laden afghanistan~military afghanistan~now afghanistan~now afghanistan~presidential afghanistan~proud afghanistan~still afghanistan~still afghanistan~strategic afghanistan~well afghanistan~well afghanistan~whole agree~able agree~able agree~direct agree~earlier agree~extensive agree~extensive agree~nuclear agree~nuclear agree~sure agree~sure alienated~antidemocratic aligned~even aligned~prime aligned~sure allow~defensive allow~unwilling allows~basic allows~sure america~enormous america~good america~military america~national america~next america~safe answer~whole anticipate~hard anticipate~next anticipate~now appears~general appears~important appears~resistant ask~first ask~particular ask~short ask~strategic asking~bad asking~long asking~sure asking~tough assume~back assume~great assume~long assume~whole attacking~brazen attacking~major attacking~offensive based~clear based~national began~now began~powerful behaving~international behaving~sharp believe~direct believe~major believe~north believe~north believe~nuclear believe~nuclear believe~nuclear believe~nuclear believe~potential believe~potential believe~republican believe~terrorist believe~tough biden~critical biden~foreign biden~presidential biden~proud biden~whole boiled~international boiled~special bolster~able bolster~laden bolster~military bring~last bringing~free bringing~strong bringing~strong brings~first broadband~rural broken~important broken~ordinary broken~shortterm brought~bipartisan brought~direct brought~glad call~conservative call~conservative call~federal call~important call~sure called~enormous called~first came~average came~deductible capture~able capture~laden capture~military caught~laden choosing~right choosing~safe cleaned~senior cleaned~well close~corporate close~overseas coddled~antidemocratic collecting~able collecting~extra collecting~little collecting~ordinary come~optimistic come~silent comes~important comes~important comes~national comes~vital coming~biggest coming~credible coming~important coming~national coming~north coming~nuclear coming~vital compete~global compete~sure competing~sure competing~third concerned~true contain~previous contains~good contains~offshore controlling~hard controlling~last cooperate~defensive cooperate~unwilling create~east create~stalwart crossing~brazen crossing~major crossing~offensive crushed~bankrupt crushed~many crushing~bad crushing~long crushing~sure crushing~tough deal~enough deal~now deal~still deal~well dealing~critical delayed~well demands~international demands~sharp denying~important designed~previous deteriorate~wise determine~competitive determine~long develop~nuclear developing~eastern developing~forward developing~fuelefficient developing~solar developing~south developing~sure developing~sure dies~vain directed~last disagree~laden disagree~toplevel disagree~unable disagree~unwilling done~able done~brilliant done~brilliant done~brilliant done~brilliant done~constructive done~critical done~foreign done~general done~general done~last done~last done~long done~north done~north done~northwest done~northwest done~potential done~presidential done~proud done~rid done~rid done~safe done~safe done~safe done~safe done~whole drawn~military drawn~safe eliminate~efficient eliminate~less eliminate~sure eliminating~alone eliminating~back employing~particular employing~strategic end~accountable end~financial end~jim end~little ended~blank engage~direct engage~forward engage~important engage~major engage~sure engage~tough engaging~bipartisan engaging~direct engaging~glad evaluated~aggressive evaluated~entire evaluated~last evaluated~resurgent evaluated~several execute~able execute~extensive execute~nuclear execute~sure expect~less expect~tough explain~20thcentury explain~21stcentury explain~important explain~unified explains~critical explains~foreign explains~presidential explains~proud explains~whole exploded~last exploded~several face~broader face~next face~strategic failed~economic failed~final fall~loose fall~nuclear falling~rural feeling~powerful feeling~resurgent fighting~bad fighting~long fighting~sure fighting~tough finished~much finished~risky fix~enormous focused~last follow~better follow~clear follow~critical follow~economic follow~next follow~sixparty follow~sixpoint freed~eastern freed~forward freed~fuelefficient freed~solar freed~south freed~sure freed~sure funded~important funded~nuclear funded~nuclear georgia~unacceptable getting~average getting~bankrupt getting~better getting~biggest getting~fair getting~many getting~nuclear getting~possible getting~sure getting~terrorist getting~worse give~able give~economic give~final give~great give~longterm give~next give~private given~aggressive given~entire given~last given~resurgent given~several giving~blank giving~last giving~northwest giving~rid giving~safe giving~safe gone~enormous gone~first gone~first gone~first gone~fundamental gone~good gone~nuclear gone~offshore gone~well grow~last grow~several growing~last growing~several guess~recent hands~biggest hands~nuclear hands~terrorist happen~lucky happen~short happened~aggressive happened~back happened~entire happened~great happened~hard happened~last happened~last happened~long happened~nuclear happened~resurgent happened~several happened~true happened~whole hardening~sure headed~conservative headed~conservative headed~federal headed~important headed~sure heard~main help~enormous help~first help~hard help~last hesitate~military hesitate~safe hire~accountable hire~financial hire~little hold~worth holding~accountable holding~back holding~financial holding~great holding~little holding~long holding~whole home~safe home~senior home~well hosting~much hosting~ole identified~great identified~longterm identified~next impose~tough including~good including~offshore increasing~domestic increasing~eastern increasing~forward increasing~fuelefficient increasing~offshore increasing~solar increasing~south increasing~sure increasing~sure insist~free inspired~entire intends~first interest~able interest~extensive interest~nuclear interest~sure introducing~special invest~able invest~able invest~competitive invest~eastern invest~forward invest~fuelefficient invest~long invest~next invest~next invest~ordinary invest~ordinary invest~safe invest~safe invest~solar invest~south invest~sure invest~sure investing~corporate investing~overseas involved~financial involved~great involved~worst iran~last iran~several iraq~critical iraq~enough iraq~foreign iraq~military iraq~now iraq~presidential iraq~proud iraq~still iraq~well iraq~whole japan~eastern japan~forward japan~fuelefficient japan~solar japan~south japan~sure japan~sure join~free keep~enormous keep~good keep~military keep~next keep~right keep~safe keep~safe keeping~sure keeps~lowlevel killing~able killing~extra killing~little killing~ordinary know~20thcentury know~bad know~credible know~credible know~critical know~hard know~important know~laden know~last know~long know~next know~north know~north know~nuclear know~nuclear know~ordinary know~senior know~shortterm know~significant know~silent know~sure know~toplevel know~tough know~unable know~unwilling knows~critical knows~foreign knows~presidential knows~proud knows~whole lead~hard lead~last leaving~average leaving~bad leaving~long leaving~sure leaving~tough led~foreign led~important led~loose led~nuclear led~ordinary led~ranking led~republican led~shortterm like~able like~next like~ordinary like~safe line~sure live~able live~next live~ordinary live~safe look~21stcentury look~classic look~critical look~foreign look~foreign look~free look~last look~last look~lower look~lowlevel look~many look~presidential look~proud look~regulatory look~shredded look~strong look~strong look~sure look~true look~whole looking~earlier losing~open losing~right made~back made~bad made~enormous made~great made~great made~long made~long made~longterm made~next made~north made~now made~particular made~reengaged made~shaky made~strategic made~sure made~tough made~whole maintained~military make~affordable make~bad make~bad make~basic make~better make~extra make~foreign make~forward make~free make~general make~global make~golden make~important make~important make~last make~last make~less make~long make~long make~loose make~nuclear make~quartermillion make~resistant make~second make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~sure make~tough make~tough make~whole make~worth make~young making~able making~defensive making~eastern making~enormous making~extensive making~forward making~fuelefficient making~good making~military making~new making~next making~north making~nuclear making~nuclear making~nuclear making~potential making~safe making~solar making~south making~sure making~sure making~sure making~sure making~unwilling mean~economic mean~good mean~good mean~main means~able means~biggest means~domestic means~extra means~little means~many means~offshore means~ordinary means~rogue measured~fair meet~critical meet~lowlevel meet~recent meet~right meet~safe mention~basic mention~great mention~overseas mention~still mentioned~conservative mentioned~conservative mentioned~earlier mentioned~federal mentioned~high mentioned~important mentioned~liberal mentioned~now mentioned~powerful mentioned~recent mentioned~resurgent mentioned~sure mentioned~tough michigan~eastern michigan~forward michigan~fuelefficient michigan~solar michigan~south michigan~sure michigan~sure missing~last mullen~enough mullen~now mullen~still mullen~well need~able need~bad need~extensive need~long need~nuclear need~sure need~sure need~tough needed~international needed~special needs~able needs~last needs~northwest needs~rid needs~safe needs~safe neglecting~last object~nuclear obtain~north obtain~nuclear obtain~nuclear obtain~potential ohio~eastern ohio~forward ohio~fuelefficient ohio~solar ohio~south ohio~sure ohio~sure opposed~blank opposed~good opposed~much opposed~offshore opposed~risky opposing~conservative opposing~conservative opposing~federal opposing~important opposing~sure overstretched~basic overstretched~great overstretched~overseas overstretched~still pakistan~central pakistan~defensive pakistan~greatest pakistan~laden pakistan~last pakistan~northwest pakistan~rid pakistan~safe pakistan~safe pakistan~strategic pakistan~toplevel pakistan~unable pakistan~unwilling pakistan~unwilling participate~nuclear participate~senior pay~lowest pay~many perceived~important perpetrated~enormous plan~optimistic power~accountable power~financial power~little prepared~bestequipped prepared~good prepared~military prepared~next prepared~next prepared~ready problem~lowest problem~many process~senior process~well promote~golden promote~sure promoted~economic promoted~final promoting~conservative promoting~conservative promoting~federal promoting~important promoting~sure proposing~fundamental proposing~wealthiest protect~forward protect~important protect~sure provide~able provide~laden provide~military providing~corporate providing~last providing~overseas punishing~direct punishing~major punishing~tough purchased~back purchased~great purchased~long purchased~whole pursued~antidemocratic put~able put~forward put~important put~laden put~military put~right put~sure putting~enormous putting~sure qaeda~able qaeda~brazen qaeda~central qaeda~greatest qaeda~laden qaeda~laden qaeda~last qaeda~loose qaeda~major qaeda~military qaeda~national qaeda~northwest qaeda~now qaeda~now qaeda~nuclear qaeda~offensive qaeda~powerful qaeda~resurgent qaeda~resurgent qaeda~rid qaeda~safe qaeda~safe qaeda~strategic qaeda~strategic qaeda~stronger qaeda~toplevel qaeda~unable qaeda~unwilling quadrupled~nuclear raised~whole reach~rural rebuild~enormous rebuild~enormous rebuild~first rebuild~first rebuild~rural recognize~common recognize~conservative recognize~conservative recognize~economic recognize~federal recognize~final recognize~important recognize~important recognize~international recognize~main recognize~sharp recognize~silent recognize~sure recognizing~broader recognizing~next recognizing~strategic reconstituted~laden recover~back recover~great recover~long recover~whole reduce~able reduce~laden reduce~military reduced~average reduced~extraordinary reduced~military reduced~right reigning~economic reigning~good reigning~good reigning~main relate~able relate~next relate~ordinary relate~safe remove~south replace~international replace~special respond~correct respond~correct restore~great restore~longterm restore~next reversed~north reversed~now reversed~reengaged reversed~shaky root~sure saw~military say~direct say~direct say~earlier say~enormous say~hard say~last say~now say~ridiculous say~vile saying~conservative saying~conservative saying~federal saying~important saying~sure says~bad says~economic says~economic says~final securing~long securing~potential see~conservative see~conservative see~federal see~important see~less see~lowest see~lucky see~many see~quartermillion see~short see~sure see~worth seeing~brazen seeing~clear seeing~major seeing~north seeing~now seeing~offensive seeing~reengaged seeing~shaky seems~strong seems~strong seen~last seen~national seen~now seen~resurgent seen~several seen~strategic seen~stronger seen~wise send~able send~additional send~next send~ordinary send~safe sending~enormous sending~enormous sending~good sending~military sending~next sending~safe sent~nuclear sent~nuclear sent~senior set~21stcentury set~conservative set~conservative set~east set~federal set~important set~many set~regulatory set~shredded set~stalwart set~sure shining~great shining~longterm shining~next shipping~corporate shipping~overseas shortchanging~bad shortchanging~long shortchanging~sure shortchanging~tough shred~economic shred~final sit~posttraumatic sit~ridiculous sit~vile slowing~hard slowing~less slowing~next slowing~now slowing~tough solve~better solve~important solve~less solve~ordinary solve~short solve~shortterm spending~almost spending~enormous spending~north spending~nuclear spending~nuclear spending~potential spewing~ridiculous spewing~vile stand~hard stand~last standing~now staring~clear start~free started~easy started~easy started~quick started~quick starting~diplomatic starting~eastern starting~forward starting~fuelefficient starting~lowlevel starting~rogue starting~solar starting~south starting~sure starting~sure state~recent stood~much stood~risky stop~corporate stop~lax stop~overseas strengthened~last strengthened~several strengthened~single strengthened~tough struggling~last struggling~main sung~credible sung~north support~lowest support~many supported~economic supported~final suspended~senior suspended~well take~bestequipped take~conservative take~conservative take~extra take~federal take~good take~important take~military take~next take~next take~north take~north take~ready take~sure taking~lax taking~sure taliban~brazen taliban~last taliban~major taliban~northwest taliban~offensive taliban~rid taliban~safe taliban~safe talk~additional talk~important talk~national talk~undeniable talk~vital talked~basic talked~biggest talked~great talked~last talked~many talked~overseas talked~rogue talked~still talking~broader talking~direct talking~enormous talking~major talking~next talking~right talking~strategic talking~tough tax~additional tax~good tax~offshore tax~undeniable tell~first thank~much thank~ole think~able think~able think~affordable think~aggressive think~bad think~bestequipped think~better think~better think~conservative think~conservative think~constructive think~earlier think~economic think~entire think~extensive think~fair think~federal think~first think~first think~first think~free think~fundamental think~general think~good think~great think~hard think~important think~important think~important think~important think~important think~last think~last think~last think~less think~long think~longterm think~main think~military think~military think~next think~next think~next think~now think~nuclear think~possible think~ready think~resistant think~resurgent think~right think~right think~right think~right think~right think~right think~right think~rural think~safe think~safe think~several think~short think~sure think~sure think~sure think~sure think~tough think~tough think~well think~worse think~young threaten~east threaten~stalwart threatened~credible threatened~north tolerate~nuclear took~enormous took~enormous trickle~economic trickle~final tried~lax try~last trying~posttraumatic underlying~important underlying~ordinary underlying~shortterm undermines~great undermines~longterm undermines~next understand~important understand~legitimate understand~previous understood~last united~biggest united~central united~corporate united~eastern united~entire united~forward united~fuelefficient united~greatest united~laden united~national united~now united~nuclear united~overseas united~right united~safe united~solar united~south united~strategic united~sure united~sure united~terrorist united~toplevel united~unable united~unwilling use~bestequipped use~domestic use~good use~military use~next use~next use~offshore use~ready using~lowlevel using~new using~sure viewed~single voted~almost voted~enormous voted~solar walk~important walk~national walk~vital want~additional want~additional want~bad want~bad want~foreign want~free want~good want~last want~last want~long want~long want~offshore want~second want~sure want~sure want~sure want~tough want~tough want~undeniable wanted~enormous wanted~first wants~better wants~better wants~economic wants~economic warned~lax watching~optimistic weakened~single went~average went~back went~deductible went~early went~great went~long went~nuclear went~whole wish~right wish~wrong work~diplomatic work~efficient work~less work~lowlevel work~rogue work~sure work~tough worked~direct worked~last worked~major worked~north worked~north worked~silent worked~tough working~certain working~foreign working~important working~loose working~nuclear working~ordinary working~ranking working~republican working~shortterm worsen~wise wounded~national wounded~now wounded~resurgent wounded~strategic wounded~stronger written~lowest written~many wrote~last