"R. Luke DeBois: Politics as Usual"

Bitform's exhibit "R. Luke DeBois: Politics as Usual" is a scary way to look at politics. It takes State of the Union addresses given by each president and lays out the discourse like an eye chart. At the top we see the biggest word on the chart, which represents the most frequently used word in the SOTU speach. The second row contains the next most frequently used words, and each row decends in like fashion. Standing in a room with clear representations of the evolving American political discourses, the only word I can use to describe it is "frightening." On one side we start with Washington. "Gentlemen" heads the chart. On the far end of the room we find Bush. Imediately we see "Terror."