Austin, TX July 2, 2008 MetaNewswire — "Change", ill-chosen words by Michelle Obama, Jeremiah Wright and both Clintons, and "Race" were named the Top Political Buzz Words and Phrases of the Recently concluded primary season by the Global Language Monitor in its periodic survey. The Top Ten included "Just Words," "Misspoke," "Inevitability," "Aloof," and "Obama a Muslim?"
The word "change" remains atop the chart as it has for the last six months, however Michelle Obama's "proud of my country" comments rocketed to the No. 2 position, up from No. 5 in the previous survey, knocking the comments by Rev. Wright from the No. 2 to No. 3 position.
"The entire list is quite sobering, and rather surprising. Sobering in the fact that the list is dominated by those issues and sound bites generated by the negative sides of the campaign. The list is surprising in the fact that strong preponderance of the words and phrases are related to the Democratic campaign with just a handful from the Republican side," said Paul JJ Payack, President of The Global Language Monitor (GLM).
