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David Spade

Maybe you don't know the stand up comedian David Spade. But when you will see his picture, maybe you will remember him. Today was a slow day for me on Twitter because all the trending hashtags looked too boring. So there was this minor controversy around David Spade criticizing Obama, which was trending on Twitter and somewhat interesting for me.


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"David Spade" by dodge challenger1 - Image:David Spade in car.jpg, cropped. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons.

This is what David Spade said about Obama: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-spade-obama-thirsty_56800c80e4b014efe0d86e54

Basically, he was criticizing Obama for being too media savvy and doing sort of things that are not presidential

Honestly, first I thought that he was trending because he died. I was not the only one though. There were a few more people on Twitter who thought so as well.


Here is the wordcloud. There is no surprise here that Obama's name is right in the center. Similarly, the words "dignity" and "thirsty" are prominent. These are the accusations from David. I think a few people were also laughing at Spade by pointing out that he is probably doing this to get some attention.


 
The sentiment was highly polarized. I think this is because people found it funny as well as offensive.
 

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