The Dayton word cloud

Posted at 1:20 PM on January 3, 2011 by Bob Collins (5 Comments)
Filed under: Politics

Here's Gov. Mark Dayton's inauguration speech as a word cloud:

Here's his predecessor's inaugural speech in word cloud:

At the conclusion of today's inauguration, the participants and audience sang the University of Minnesota Rouser. For the record, after Tim Pawlenty's inauguration, they sang "Hail, Minnesota."

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Comments (5)

Very cool, Bob.

The color version looks like an ear of corn, which may reflect the Governor's position on ethanol. ;-)

Posted by Bob Moffitt | January 3, 2011 1:42 PM

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A couple observations:

In the Dayton cloud I notice "Better" (capital B) in the upper left in addition to the more prominent "better". A case-sensitive cloud generator, I suppose.

Also, in T-Paw's cloud, it appears that "God" and "Ventura" are equally prominent.

Posted by Paul J | January 4, 2011 12:33 AM

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Colored or not, Dayton's word cloud looks like a fish. A dying fish, perhaps. As for Pawlenty's--well, MPR shows its bias by putting it in black-and-white.

Egad. Is a Macalester intern doing Bob's support, too?

Posted by jfh | January 4, 2011 8:15 AM

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Nonsense.

Posted by Bob Collins | January 4, 2011 9:52 AM

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aha. a true response, by the intern, under Bob's signature. You can't fool me; I know what Bob's responses look like.

Jim H.

Posted by jfh | January 4, 2011 10:25 AM

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