Reply #13: Google is not a valid indicator for this discussion.

[beaconess]

Google, since it contains all manner of sources, regardless how reliable, much of it repetitive with dozens or even hundreds of hits on the same story, and pulls up every article, blog, webpage, etc. in which "articulate" and "john edwards" appear in the same piece, regardless whether there is any connection between the two.

For example, Google cannot restrict searches to the appearances of two words in the same sentence or paragraph (rather than in the same piece - many of the "John Edwards" + "articulate" hits pulled up articles in which Edwards was mentioned but "articulate" was used in a completely separate section of a webpage unconnected to the Edwards' reference.

Nexis, while not perfect, is a much more reliable indicator.

I made clear that this was not a scientific search, but if you want to ignore it and rely on Google to try to disprove my point, be my guest. But it doesn't disprove my point - in fact, it only further supports it since it shows that Obama + articulate has considerably more hits than Edwards + articulate.