Presidential campaigns
The hind legs off a donkey
Oct 20th 2008
From Economist.com
http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12451790&source=yahoo_buzz
Who is the most long-winded presidential candidate?
IN KEEPING with their reputations as Ivy League intellectuals, each of the three most recent Democratic presidential candidates used longer sentences in the final debate of the campaign than their Republican opponents. Barack Obama is unusually long-winded: in the debate last week he crammed more than 19 words into an average sentence, nearly five more than John McCain. The vice-presidential debate suggests that longer sentences may not always correspond to greater eloquence. Sarah Palin’s sentences were not only longer than those of Joe Biden, her supposedly verbose rival, but were slightly longer than Mr Obama’s. By contrast, in keeping with his image as a down-to-earth Texan, George Bush used the shortest sentences of any candidate in the last three elections. Word lengths do not differ much: the average word used in the speeches analysed had around 4.5 letters.
AP
I wonder if STFU means anything to those guys?? I mean keep it brief, roll up your sleeves and get to work keeping your promises.
Of course Bush would keep his sentences short... less chance of tripping over his own tongue.
The hind legs off a donkey
Oct 20th 2008
From Economist.com
http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12451790&source=yahoo_buzz
Who is the most long-winded presidential candidate?
IN KEEPING with their reputations as Ivy League intellectuals, each of the three most recent Democratic presidential candidates used longer sentences in the final debate of the campaign than their Republican opponents. Barack Obama is unusually long-winded: in the debate last week he crammed more than 19 words into an average sentence, nearly five more than John McCain. The vice-presidential debate suggests that longer sentences may not always correspond to greater eloquence. Sarah Palin’s sentences were not only longer than those of Joe Biden, her supposedly verbose rival, but were slightly longer than Mr Obama’s. By contrast, in keeping with his image as a down-to-earth Texan, George Bush used the shortest sentences of any candidate in the last three elections. Word lengths do not differ much: the average word used in the speeches analysed had around 4.5 letters.
AP
I wonder if STFU means anything to those guys?? I mean keep it brief, roll up your sleeves and get to work keeping your promises.
Of course Bush would keep his sentences short... less chance of tripping over his own tongue.
