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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Speech was half the words of Clinton but took about same time ?
Colbert had speech writers for obama and Clinton on his show to discuss the sotu. They said how trumps was 3rd longest and Clinton held 1st and 2nd place. But they were close in time.
But that Clinton's speeches had about twice as many words as trumps.
So Trump is REALLY SLOW.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)no offense to 5yr olds..
Rorey
(8,445 posts)Or he was trying to sound dramatic and "presidential".
He's one of the worst speakers I've ever had the displeasure of having to endure.
JI7
(89,289 posts)And are asked to read by their teacher in class as practice.
CincyDem
(6,419 posts)Guess that would make sense as one is a Rhodes Scholar and the other is a stable genius.
BigmanPigman
(51,672 posts)She repeated Michelle Obama almost word for word at her campaign speech.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/melania-trump-michelle-obama-speech/index.html
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)Cha
(298,074 posts)And, really SLOW
fleur-de-lisa
(14,629 posts)And let's not forget he had to catch his breath about 497 times while snorting through that hot mess of a speech. No exercise and a diet of 10,000 calories doesn't help.