Study finds N.D. and Minnesota delegations use lower grade-level vocabulary
June 6, 2012 at 2:05 am in Grand Forks Herald
A recent study from the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation says North Dakota’s and Minnesota’s delegations speak using lower grade-level vocabulary than most other members of Congress, but still above the national average. Continue Reading
If you make it to the end of the article, you find out that the newly elected tea party candidates have the lowest vocabularies of all. Big shock.
Like or Dislike:
12 
12
Right, those Tea Party guys like Scott Walker that now has won twice. Dems take another beating but they speak well…
Like or Dislike:
9 
8
So the “dumb and dumber” approach to leadership is what you think is best? No wonder the Chinese are taking are collective national asses to the cleaners.
Like or Dislike:
12 
6
Your name calling is solid. Now a good come back would be to “Blame Bush”. You are right about the Chinese as our current leadership has added $5,000,000,000,000 to our debt in three years.
Like or Dislike:
4 
1
I sure don’t see anything wrong trying to keep things simple.
Politicians are among the worse when it comes to double-speak, forked tongues and confusing dialog….followed by preachers and lawyers.
Like or Dislike:
8 
5
I believe that Obama talks at a 4th grade level.
Like or Dislike:
4 
2
At what grade level is ObamaCare written? I would say 20+. But what is it worth?
Like or Dislike:
6 
1
Who knows? No one ever has ever read the bill. Especially those who voted on it.
Like or Dislike:
13 
2
ROFL. Politicians need to speak in one syllable words because that is all that will fit in the 30 second soundbite for the evening news that speak to the electorate who cannot understand words of more than one syllable either.
Like or Dislike:
5 
2
Two words: Michelle Bachmann
Like or Dislike:
5 
4
I have to tell you all.. Everyone here who posts here are better writers than most of our city leaders will ever write.. My hat is off to all the the area voices who write here.. Your smarter than the our leaders can ever be..
Like or Dislike:
4 
3
Obama’s State of the Union speech was given an eighth grade rating. The lowest score since 1934. His three addresses have the lowest grade average of any modern president.
His average score is 8.4…more than two grades lower than the 10.7 grade average for the other 67 addresses written by his 12 predecessors.
It’s in part a reflection on his audience…due to the fact the speech is televised and not just a simple address to congress.
Like or Dislike:
7 
0
The study also shows that the Average American speaks at an 8th-9th grade level. So the question is, is this really “dumbing down” in politics or just making speeches that the average american can understand better?
Like or Dislike:
0 
1