Word: statement
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Meanwhile, the governor lit up the "Inaccuracy" button when he talked up the Texan Patient's Bill Of Rights. "You can't gag a doctor," he claimed. "False Statement!" flashed on the screen. Perhaps the machine was being too literal. I would think it pretty tough to stuff a handkerchief in the mouth of the average physician. Incidentally, every time Gore said the words "Dingell-Norwood," his "Cognitive Level Indicator" spiked up 4 percent. Mmmm...
...also gave Bush a hard time when he said "each of us must love our children with all our heart and all our soul." "False Statement"! it screamed. Maybe it was objecting to the post-grammatical syntax...
...military took a slight toll on Al Gore. "We're going to face some serious new challenges in the next four years" said Gore. "Inaccuracy" said the computer. Maybe we're not. Well, that's good news, I guess. But Bush was judged even more severely. His statement that we have to stand by Israel got a "Truth." But his follow-up, "We need to reach out to modern Arab nations as well" drew a big "False Statement." Either Bush was lying or the Israeli software was trying to short-circuit any pan-Arab sentiment...
...computer didn't like Bush's military deployment position, which included the statement "I think the mission has somewhat become fuzzy." The Truster's assessment was "The Subject was uncertain about many things he said." Far too long-winded, methinks. Maybe when they come up with Truster 3.0, it will just borrow a word from Bush and declare the subject "Fuzzy...
...question about morality exposed weaknesses in both candidates. Gore talked about Tipper's mid-'80s reaction to "some awful lyrics" on a rock record that daughter Karenna brought home. "Tipper hit the ceiling," claimed Gore. The Truster responded by hitting the "False Statement" button. Maybe it was judging him literally. Maybe Tipper didn't quite touch the beams of the living room. It seems to operate on a brutal standard of truth. Perhaps it depends on the meaning of "ceiling...