ANALYSIS OF OBAMA'S SOTU: HE'S DUMBER THAN DUBYA

VIA HOT AIR:

a Smart Politics analysis of nearly 70 oral State of the Union Addresses since the mid-1930s finds the text of Obama's speech on Wednesday evening to have one of the lowest scores on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test ever recorded by a U.S. President.

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.

Smart Politics ran the Flesch-Kincaid test on each of the last 68 State of the Union Addresses that were delivered orally by presidents before a Joint Session of Congress since Franklin Roosevelt. Excluded from analysis were five written addresses (Truman in 1946 and 1953, Eisenhower in 1961, Nixon in 1973, and Carter in 1981) and two addresses that were delivered orally, but not by the President himself (Roosevelt in 1945, Eisenhower in 1956). Prior to FDR, most, but not all, such Addresses were delivered in writing.

Obama's Flesch-Kincaid grade level score of 8.8 for his first State of the Union Address was the fourth lowest score since FDR's first Address in 1934.

... As such, the speech by 'the professor' stands in contrast to his predecessor, 'the cowboy,' George W. Bush, who was frequently skewered by the left and late-night talk show hosts for his public speaking abilities, his intelligence, and his misuse of the English language.

Bush averaged a Flesch-Kincaid score of 10.4 across his seven State of the Union Addresses - or nearly two full grades higher than Obama's speech. Bush's speeches also averaged 2.4 more words per sentence than Obama, at 19.0.

OBAMA MIGHT READ A TELEPROMPTER BETTER THAN DUBYA DID, BUT OBAMA IS DUMBER THAN DUBYA.

AND IT AIN'T JUST HIS SPEAKING "SKILLS" - IT'S OBAMA'S POLICY DECISIONS: BUSH GOT GIMTO AND MILITARY TRIBUNALS RIGHT; OBAMA GOT THEM WRONG.

I MEAN, GIVING KSM AND MANHATTAN TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT? MIRANDIZING ABDULMUTALIB ?!?!?!

THAT IS FREAKIN DUMB.