Tuesday, December 18, 2012

'This Week:' Partisan Politicos Lose their Locks for Charity | Redux

'This Week:' Partisan Politicos Lose their Locks for Charity

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With the presidential election long behind them, two of the parties’ top flacks joined forces in a show of bald bipartisanship Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos. ” Thanks to a little buzz shear help from ABC News’ Jon Karl, Democratic National Committee spokesperson Brad Woodhouse and Republican National Committee spokesperson Sean Spicer lost their locks on our show — and it’s all for a good cause. Before the election, the DNC’s Woodhouse tweeted a bet to his Republican counterpart, Spicer. The deal: Whoever’s candidate won the election would shave the loser’s head, on national television. But rather than let Spicer go bald alone, the pair decided to team up to support the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a national non-profit that raises money for childhood cancer research grants by shaving the heads of volunteers.

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Sean Spicer

Overall Sentiment: 0.0210689

Relevance: 0.936667

SentimentQuote
0“If only Washington could cut spending like you cut hair,” he quipped. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Brad Woodhouse

Overall Sentiment: 0.0629954

Relevance: 0.596676

Jon Karl

Overall Sentiment: 0.0299955

Relevance: 0.30923

SentimentQuote
0“I have never done this before,” he said, ...
-0.0879051“I have never done this before,” he said, holding a pair of buzz shears. “There is a safety on this thing, so no lasting damage will actually be done.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0879051
  • Mean: -0.04395255
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

George Stephanopoulos

Overall Sentiment: -0.0415408

Relevance: 0.251417

Lisa Parks

Overall Sentiment: 0.13275

Relevance: 0.16023

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