He singled out this sentence from Obama as unfortunate: "That is why just after the rig sank, I assembled a team of our nation's best scientists and engineers to tackle this challenge -- a team led by Dr. Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and our nation's secretary of energy."
Obama's nearly 10th-grade-level rating was the highest of any of his major speeches and well above the Grade 7.4 of his 2008 "Yes, we can" victory speech, which many consider his best effort, Payack said.
I found these interesting. I can't believe the first quote would make people think he's 'aloof and out of touch'. Seriously? :eh: :wtf: It's a plainly worded statement of fact (well...probably not fact - the team was likely recommended to him, not assembled by him)....but wtf? are people really that dumb? If his best ever speech is at a grade 7 level....I guess so.
oh boy... he gave a speech at a grade level that 15 year olds are able to understand... and that's a problem to some?
Let's see... remember how much of a moron you were in 10th grade? remember all of the stupid shit that you did (or didn't do)? Apparently giving a speech that those knucklehead or older can understand makes you an elitist. If that's too high of a level for his "target audience", then it says a lot more about the American people than it does about our President.
My problem is that the sentence i quoted originally was not hard to understand, nor did it make him seem out of touch. It was, as I said, a plainly worded statement. I'm shocked that critics are saying it's too high-brow for the american public....as you say, that says a lot about the intelligence of the public. But now I don't understand if we're agreeing, or if you think I'm being elitist?
Aside from that point....I don't think Obama should be talking down to a level that 15 years olds can understand, at least not as a target. Maybe I'm naive, but I'd think the less technical a speech is, the easier it is to bullshit your way thru it. The really sad part is...he's not talking down to a 15 year old reading level....he's talking down to a GRADE 10 reading level (comprende? :P ) Which is likely the average reading level of an ADULT american....(just looked it up: the average reading level in America, and from what I can tell, in Canada, is an 8th grade level. ugh. maybe I should take it all back, sounds like he NEEDS to talk down :( ).
"Now I understand everyone's shit's emotional right now. But I've got a 3 point plan that's going to fix EVERYTHING"
And no, I don't remember much of the stupid shit I did when I was 15, but I hear I did a lot
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Aside from that point....I don't think Obama should be talking down to a level that 15 years olds can understand, at least not as a target. Maybe I'm naive, but I'd think the less technical a speech is, the easier it is to bullshit your way thru it. The really sad part is...he's not talking down to a 15 year old reading level....he's talking down to a GRADE 10 reading level (comprende? :P ) Which is likely the average reading level of an ADULT american....(just looked it up: the average reading level in America, and from what I can tell, in Canada, is an 8th grade level. ugh. maybe I should take it all back, sounds like he NEEDS to talk down :( ).
"Now I understand everyone's shit's emotional right now. But I've got a 3 point plan that's going to fix EVERYTHING"
And no, I don't remember much of the stupid shit I did when I was 15, but I hear I did a lot