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| Obo delivered fourth dumbest SOTU since FCR |
| 2010-01-31 |
| The only other orally delivered State of the Union Addresses that were written with fewer average words per sentence than Obama's 16.6 average in his 2010 Address, and that scored lower than Obama's 8.8 Flesch-Kincaid score (measuring the readability level of written text, with a formula that translates the score to a U.S. grade level), were: · George H.W. Bush's final Address in 1992 (7.5, 15.8 words per sentence) · Lyndon Johnson's 1965 Address (8.6, 16.1 words per sentence) · Harry Truman's 1951 Address (8.6, 16.3 words per sentence) Though, with his shorter sentences and shorter words, Obama's Address may have been readable for junior high school students, it is not known if the average 12 and 13 year old was able to sit still through Obama's speech. At approximately 7,300 words, only Bill Clinton spoke more words before Congress and the nation in State of the Union speeches since 1934 (in 1994, 1995, 1999, and 2000). |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #6 Have you read this? Indeed, that which I was partly referring to. My point is we should be focusing on something a little more tangible, though I have reservations about any optimism at all that the majority of the voting public will grasp the economic realities until it bites them in the a$$. A dose of hard reality is a comin...I predicted it over a year ago and not proud that I likely did not err. |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2010-01-31 22:14 |
| #5 Have you read this? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-01-31 19:52 |
| #4 Even if he did write the damned speech (which I doubt), this is the most asinine critique of a president I've ever seen. Of all the things on a very, very long list to critique, this stupid article almost falls under the category of 'obfuscation'. I would, however, appreciate a bit more attention to whether Bama actually wrote 'Dreams' himself, and to Bama's little appearance at the Baltimore gathering of Republicans the other evening. Whenever he's off-teleprompter, the curtain pulls back a little bit more... |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2010-01-31 19:33 |
| #3 His sentences might have been short Of course they were. They have to fit the TOTUS. And that's the secret that WOWed the media elites so much. Greatest orator evah. More like attention deficit disorder. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-01-31 17:05 |
| #2 His short words and sentences don't tell us how smart Obama is; what the speech tells us is how dumb he thinks we are. |
| Posted by: ScottR 2010-01-31 16:49 |
| #1 His sentences might have been short, but his speech certainly wasn't. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-31 16:24 |