Friday, October 10, 2014

Obama or Bush A Better Speaker




WHO WAS AMERICA’S MOST WELL-SPOKEN PRESIDENT?

We crunched the data on more than 600 presidential speeches and addresses to see how they changed over time, and had Bill Clinton's speechwriter check the results. Our findings may surprise you

https://www.vocativ.com/interactive/usa/us-politics/presidential-readability/

Despite President George W. Bush's reputation as a poor speaker, Obama's speeches are only slightly more sophisticated.

“I don't see a huge discrepancy here. I think President Obama, no more or less than President Bush, tries to pack a lot of nuance and subtext into language that is as plain and straightforward as possible. While President Bush was often inarticulate off the cuff, Bush's speeches were underestimated. There was a crisp formality to a lot of his best speeches, particularly the ones he delivered shortly after Sept. 11.”

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