"Hindsight is Always 20/20 takes the State of the Union address from each presidency and sorts them according to word frequency, generating a Snellen eye chart for each president, with the more frequent words in larger typeface at the top of the chart and the less frequent words towards the bottom. The 66-member word lists for each presidency are designed to draw out the most unique and contemporary vocabulary used by the president in his speeches; words that appear in the majority of speeches (e.g. "united", "states", "the", "his", "her", "am") are cancelled out, as are any words which appear in a previous administration's chart. As a result, the list contains words that are not only important in a given presidency but also au courant in terms of lexicon and contemporary context."
George W Bush:
Source: Esquire
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