Red, White, and B-L-A-N-D.

• Author: Chepiga, Geoffrey
• Position: Statistics on safe words and controversial words used by presidential candidates - Brief Article

The 2000 Presidential election already has candidates racing for the microphones. But what are they talking about? We took major speeches from four top candidates and counted their use of four safe, uncontroversial terms, versus their use of five meaty (and possibly divisive) issue words. Here's how they stack up. Draw your own conclusions.

BILL GEORGE W. ELIZABETH AL SAFE WORDS...