Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Written at SEVEN Grade Levels Above Ann Romney's

[Coyotl]

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2012/09/michelle_obamas_dnc_speech_wri.php

.... One week after Ann Romney set a record for delivering a speech written at the lowest grade level in convention history by the wives of presidential nominees, Michelle Obama delivers a speech written at the highest ever grade level.

A Smart Politics review of prepared remarks delivered by the spouses of presidential nominees at national political conventions finds that Michelle Obama's 2012 speech to the DNC was written at seven grade levels above Ann Romney's as measured by the Flesch-Kincaid readability test.

The Flesch-Kincaid test is designed to assess the readability level of written text, with a formula that translates the score to a U.S. grade level. Longer sentences and sentences utilizing words with more syllables produce higher scores. Shorter sentences and sentences incorporating more monosyllabic words yield lower scores.

The First Lady's speech on Tuesday evening was delivered at a grade level of 12.84 .....

[mucifer]

1. and it was written for everyone to understand.

[brewens]

2. Written for the audience. Their side ain't much fer no book learnin'! n/t

[LiberalEsto]

3. Ann's speech should have been titled:

"See Mitt run. Run, Mitt, run."

[Coyotl]

4. "See Paul Lie" could be another title n/t

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Paul W. "Whopper" Ryan

[LiberalEsto]

7. "See Paul Lie" is Chapter 2

and with any luck, there won't be a Chapter 3.

[Coyotl]

8. Run Paul, Run

is the dream we thought we'd never see again after McCain picked Palin.

Of course, it will only be a footnote

[Scuba]

5. Reflects their respective party's positions on education.

[Liberal Gramma]

6. Similar to the difference between the parties

Low-information, low-education average voters in the Repuglican party, better educated and informed in the Democratic party. If the Republicans keep regressing, next cycle's speech will be along the lines of "Me want you vote."

[gkhouston]

9. And yet, Ann was the one talking down to us. n/t

[Coyotl]

10. Ding, ding, we have a winner! n/t