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/Verb pairs by Barack Obama debate:speaker:list::mccain-obama-01:obama:pair.verb.verb 2008-10-08T22:37:26Z absorb~allow absorb~cooperate absorb~making absorb~pakistan abused~cleaned abused~home abused~process abused~suspended acknowledge~acknowledged acknowledge~afghanistan acknowledge~pakistan acknowledge~qaeda acknowledge~united acknowledged~afghanistan acknowledged~afghanistan acknowledged~afghanistan acknowledged~deal acknowledged~getting acknowledged~iraq acknowledged~mullen acknowledged~pakistan acknowledged~qaeda acknowledged~think acknowledged~united acknowledges~needs acknowledges~started add~want affect~finished affect~opposed affect~send affect~stood affect~wondering afford~directed afford~look afford~neglecting afford~struggling afford~think afghanistan~biden afghanistan~bolster afghanistan~capture afghanistan~deal afghanistan~deal afghanistan~done afghanistan~explains afghanistan~iraq afghanistan~iraq afghanistan~iraq afghanistan~iraq afghanistan~keep afghanistan~knows afghanistan~look afghanistan~made afghanistan~mullen afghanistan~mullen afghanistan~number afghanistan~pakistan afghanistan~perpetrated afghanistan~provide afghanistan~put afghanistan~qaeda afghanistan~qaeda afghanistan~qaeda afghanistan~reduce afghanistan~say afghanistan~send afghanistan~sending afghanistan~talking afghanistan~took afghanistan~took afghanistan~united afghanistan~went afghanistan~went agree~execute agree~execute agree~interest agree~interest agree~looking agree~making agree~making agree~mentioned agree~need agree~need agree~say agree~say agree~say agree~think agree~think agree~think agree~think agreed~presided alienated~coddled alienated~pursued allow~cooperate allow~making allow~pakistan allows~make america~based america~keep america~making america~sending america~united anticipate~slowing appears~make appears~think arizona~says ask~employing ask~made ask~solve ask~think ask~think asking~crushing asking~fighting asking~know asking~leaving asking~made asking~make asking~make asking~need asking~shortchanging asking~think asking~want asking~want assume~happened assume~holding assume~made assume~purchased assume~recover assume~went attacking~crossing attacking~qaeda attacking~seeing attacking~taliban attacking~talked avoided~done based~seeing based~staring based~united began~qaeda behaving~demands behaving~recognize believe~engage believe~making believe~making believe~obtain believe~obtain believe~opposed believe~punishing believe~spending believe~spending believe~talking believe~worked biden~done biden~explains biden~iraq biden~knows biden~look boiled~needed boiled~replace bolster~capture bolster~provide bolster~put bolster~qaeda bolster~reduce bring~try bring~understood bring~wrote bringing~insist bringing~join bringing~look bringing~seems bringing~start bringing~think broadband~falling broadband~reach broadband~rebuild broadband~think broaden~refers broken~know broken~led broken~solve broken~underlying broken~working brought~engaging call~headed call~mentioned call~opposing call~promoting call~recognize call~saying call~see call~set call~take call~think called~exploring called~gone called~help called~iran called~point called~rebuild called~rebuild called~suggested called~wanted called~working came~know came~went capture~provide capture~put capture~qaeda capture~reduce care~funded change~united choosing~keep choosing~meet choosing~think choosing~united cleaned~home cleaned~process cleaned~suspended close~investing close~providing close~shipping close~stop close~united closing~make coddled~pursued collecting~killing collecting~means come~know come~plan come~recognize come~tried come~united come~watching come~worked come~wrote comes~coming comes~talk comes~think comes~walk coming~know coming~know coming~sung coming~talk coming~threatened coming~walk committed~united compete~make concerned~happened contain~designed contain~understand contains~gone contains~including contains~opposed contains~tax contains~want controlling~happened controlling~help controlling~know controlling~lead controlling~say controlling~stand controlling~think cooperate~making cooperate~pakistan create~set create~threaten crossing~qaeda crossing~seeing crossing~taliban crushed~getting crushing~fighting crushing~know crushing~leaving crushing~made crushing~make crushing~make crushing~need crushing~shortchanging crushing~think crushing~want crushing~want deal~iraq deal~mullen dealing~know dealing~meet deferred~delayed defining~know demands~recognize designed~understand deteriorate~seen deteriorate~worsen determine~invest develop~funded develop~funded develop~gone developing~freed developing~increasing developing~invest developing~japan developing~making developing~michigan developing~ohio developing~starting developing~united directed~look directed~neglecting directed~struggling directed~think disagree~georgia disagree~know disagree~object disagree~pakistan disagree~qaeda disagree~united done~explains done~giving done~giving done~iraq done~knows done~look done~needs done~needs done~needs done~pakistan done~pakistan done~qaeda done~qaeda done~securing done~take done~taliban done~taliban done~terms done~terms done~terms done~terms done~think done~think done~think drawn~hesitate drawn~think earmark~need eliminate~work employing~made end~getting end~hire end~holding end~power ended~giving ended~opposed engage~make engage~protect engage~punishing engage~put engage~talking engage~worked evaluated~given evaluated~happened evaluated~think execute~interest execute~making execute~need execute~think expect~henry expect~say expect~slowing expect~solve expect~talk expect~think explains~iraq explains~knows explains~look exploded~growing exploring~iran exploring~point exploring~suggested face~recognizing face~talking failed~give failed~promoted failed~recognize failed~says failed~shred failed~supported failed~trickle fall~make fall~qaeda falling~reach falling~rebuild falling~think favored~replaced favored~weaken favored~weakened feeling~mentioned fighting~know fighting~leaving fighting~made fighting~make fighting~make fighting~need fighting~shortchanging fighting~think fighting~want fighting~want finished~opposed finished~stood fix~putting focused~look focused~matched focused~muddle follow~think follow~wants follow~wants freed~increasing freed~invest freed~japan freed~making freed~michigan freed~ohio freed~starting freed~united funded~gone funded~gone georgia~object georgian~warned getting~give getting~giving getting~hands getting~know getting~leaving getting~make getting~means getting~means getting~measured getting~pay getting~putting getting~reduced getting~think getting~think getting~united getting~want getting~working give~identified give~made give~means give~promoted give~recognize give~restore give~says give~shining give~shred give~supported give~think give~trickle give~undermines give~want give~want give~working given~happened given~think giving~means giving~needs giving~opposed giving~pakistan giving~qaeda giving~taliban gone~help gone~including gone~opposed gone~rebuild gone~rebuild gone~tax gone~think gone~want gone~wanted grow~iran grow~seen guess~meet guess~mentioned guess~state hands~united happen~see happened~help happened~holding happened~know happened~know happened~lead happened~made happened~purchased happened~quadrupled happened~recover happened~say happened~stand happened~think happened~think happened~went happened~went hardening~make headed~mentioned headed~opposing headed~promoting headed~recognize headed~saying headed~see headed~set headed~take headed~think heard~recognize heard~struggling heard~think help~know help~lead help~rebuild help~rebuild help~say help~stand help~think help~wanted henry~say henry~solve henry~talk hesitate~think hire~holding hire~power holding~made holding~power holding~purchased holding~recover holding~went home~process home~suspended hosting~thank identified~made identified~restore identified~shining identified~think identified~undermines impose~mentioned impose~strengthened impose~work including~opposed including~tax including~want increasing~invest increasing~japan increasing~making increasing~means increasing~michigan increasing~ohio increasing~starting increasing~united increasing~use insist~join insist~start insist~think inspired~united intend~restore intend~standing intends~tell interest~making interest~need interest~think invest~japan invest~like invest~like invest~live invest~live invest~making invest~michigan invest~ohio invest~relate invest~relate invest~send invest~send invest~starting invest~united investing~providing investing~shipping investing~stop investing~united iran~point iran~seen iran~suggested iraq~keep iraq~knows iraq~look iraq~mullen iraq~number iraq~qaeda iraq~went iraq~went japan~making japan~michigan japan~ohio japan~starting japan~united join~start join~think keep~making keep~meet keep~number keep~qaeda keep~sending keep~think keep~united keep~went keep~went keeping~make keeps~look keeps~meet keeps~using killing~means know~lead know~leaving know~led know~made know~make know~make know~meet know~need know~pakistan know~participate know~qaeda know~quadrupled know~recognize know~say know~sent know~shortchanging know~solve know~stand know~sung know~sung know~think know~think know~threatened know~threatened know~underlying know~united know~want know~want know~went know~worked know~working knows~look knows~talking lead~say lead~stand lead~think leaving~made leaving~make leaving~make leaving~need leaving~reduced leaving~shortchanging leaving~think leaving~want leaving~want led~solve led~underlying led~working led~working like~live like~relate like~send likes~pretend likes~started line~make live~relate live~send look~make look~meet look~neglecting look~seems look~set look~struggling look~think look~using look~want looking~mentioned looking~say looking~think losing~put losing~talking made~make made~make made~need made~perpetrated made~purchased made~recover made~restore made~reversed made~say made~seeing made~sending made~shining made~shortchanging made~talking made~think made~think made~took made~took made~undermines made~want made~want made~went maintained~saw make~need make~need make~promote make~protect make~providing make~put make~putting make~qaeda make~root make~see make~shortchanging make~shortchanging make~take make~taking make~talked make~think make~think make~think make~think make~want make~want make~want make~want make~want make~want make~want make~want make~want making~michigan making~need making~obtain making~ohio making~pakistan making~sending making~spending making~starting making~think making~united making~using mean~reigning means~need means~provide means~talked means~understand means~use means~want means~working measured~think meet~mentioned meet~state meet~think meet~united meet~using mention~overstretched mention~talked mentioned~opposing mentioned~promoting mentioned~recognize mentioned~say mentioned~saying mentioned~see mentioned~set mentioned~state mentioned~strengthened mentioned~take mentioned~think mentioned~think mentioned~work michigan~ohio michigan~starting michigan~united need~provide need~shortchanging need~think need~think need~want need~want needed~replace needs~pakistan needs~qaeda needs~started needs~taliban needs~think neglecting~struggling neglecting~think number~qaeda number~went number~went obtain~spending ohio~starting ohio~united opposed~stood opposed~tax opposed~tried opposed~want opposing~promoting opposing~recognize opposing~saying opposing~see opposing~set opposing~take opposing~think overstretched~talked pakistan~qaeda pakistan~qaeda pakistan~qaeda pakistan~taliban pakistan~united pakistan~united participate~sent pay~problem pay~see pay~support pay~written perceived~understand perpetrated~say perpetrated~sending perpetrated~talking perpetrated~took perpetrated~took plan~watching point~suggested prepared~take prepared~think prepared~use pretend~started problem~see problem~support problem~written process~suspended promoted~recognize promoted~says promoted~shred promoted~supported promoted~trickle promoting~recognize promoting~saying promoting~see promoting~set promoting~take promoting~think protect~put provide~put provide~qaeda provide~reduce providing~shipping providing~stop providing~talked providing~united providing~want punishing~talking punishing~worked purchased~recover purchased~went put~qaeda put~qaeda put~reduce put~talking put~thought qaeda~reduce qaeda~seeing qaeda~seen qaeda~taliban qaeda~taliban qaeda~thought qaeda~united qaeda~united qaeda~went qaeda~went qaeda~wounded quadrupled~went reach~rebuild reach~think rebuild~think rebuild~wanted rebuild~wanted recognize~saying recognize~says recognize~see recognize~set recognize~shred recognize~struggling recognize~supported recognize~take recognize~think recognize~think recognize~trickle recognize~worked recognizing~talking recover~went relate~send replaced~weaken replaced~weakened restore~shining restore~standing restore~think restore~undermines restore~want reversed~seeing root~taking running~talking say~sending say~sit say~solve say~spewing say~stand say~standing say~talk say~talking say~think say~think say~think say~took say~took say~united saying~see saying~set saying~take saying~think says~shred says~supported says~trickle see~set see~support see~take see~think see~written seeing~staring seeing~taliban seen~worsen seen~wounded send~wondering sending~talking sending~took sending~took set~take set~think set~threaten shining~think shining~undermines shipping~stop shipping~united shortchanging~think shortchanging~want shortchanging~want shred~supported shred~trickle sit~spewing sit~trying slowing~think solve~talk solve~think solve~underlying solve~working spending~voted stand~think standing~think standing~united start~think starting~united starting~work stop~taking stop~tried stop~united stop~warned strengthened~work struggling~think struggling~think struggling~took sung~threatened support~written supported~trickle take~think take~think take~use taking~tried taking~warned talk~tax talk~walk talk~want talked~want talking~took talking~took talking~worked tax~tell tax~want tax~want think~undermines think~united think~united think~use think~want think~want think~wants think~wants tried~united tried~warned tried~wrote try~understood try~wrote underlying~working understood~wrote united~wrote use~using viewed~weakened want~working weaken~weakened