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I just scored President Obama's inuagural address...
8.2
Palin's emails scored higher :rofl:
that was probably the reading level.
I typed this in...
...and got a 52.4 on Reading Ease & 10.4 on the grade level.
My gibberish is better than both Palin AND Obama! :rofl:
It's fun to see people interested in my field of work. I find it all fascinating.
that's baiting??
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Writing Analysts Claim Palin Writes ‘Better Than Most Educated Americans’ | The Blaze
AOL Weird News brought samples to two writing analysts who independently evaluated 24,000 pages of the former governor’s emails. They came back in agreement that Palin composed her messages at an eighth-grade level, an excellent score for a chief executive, they said.
“I’m a centrist Democrat, and would have loved to support my hunch that Ms. Palin is illiterate,” said 2tor Chief Executive Officer John Katzman.
“However, the emails say something else. Ms. Palin writes emails on her Blackberry at a grade level of 8.5.
“If she were a student and showing me her work, I‘d say ’It’s fine, clear writing,’” he said, admitting that emails he wrote scored lower than Palin’s on the widely used Flesch-Kincaid readability test.
While some would initially scoff or laugh at Palin’s grade-level assessment, past speakers and writers of note have scored comparably. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was a 9.1 and Martin Luther King’s famed “I have a Dream” came in at 8.8. Remember, Palin’s results were based on e-mails, not riveting speeches, so the fact that they score remotely close to the aforementioned works is intriguing .
Overall, this is good news for Palin, as her writing was found to be better than some CEOs’. The New York Daily News sheds further light on her abilities:
It turns out Palin’s writing skills are still better than most educated Americans. Global Language Monitor gave Palin’s emails a score of 8.2, which actually exceeds that of most chief executives.
“She’s very concise. She gives clear orders. Her sentences and punctuations are logical,” said Paul Payack, president of Global Language Monitor. “She has much more of a disciplined mind than she’s given credit for.”
Next we need an astrologer to weigh in on Palin's intellect.
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Sarah Palin's GOP Vice-Presidential acceptance speech had a score of 8.3.
Edit: On the other hand, Obama scored a 9.6 on his State of the Union address.
Writing Analysts Claim Palin Writes ‘Better Than Most Educated Americans’ | The Blaze
AOL Weird News brought samples to two writing analysts who independently evaluated 24,000 pages of the former governor’s emails. They came back in agreement that Palin composed her messages at an eighth-grade level, an excellent score for a chief executive, they said.
“I’m a centrist Democrat, and would have loved to support my hunch that Ms. Palin is illiterate,” said 2tor Chief Executive Officer John Katzman.
“However, the emails say something else. Ms. Palin writes emails on her Blackberry at a grade level of 8.5.
“If she were a student and showing me her work, I‘d say ’It’s fine, clear writing,’” he said, admitting that emails he wrote scored lower than Palin’s on the widely used Flesch-Kincaid readability test.
While some would initially scoff or laugh at Palin’s grade-level assessment, past speakers and writers of note have scored comparably. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was a 9.1 and Martin Luther King’s famed “I have a Dream” came in at 8.8. Remember, Palin’s results were based on e-mails, not riveting speeches, so the fact that they score remotely close to the aforementioned works is intriguing .
Overall, this is good news for Palin, as her writing was found to be better than some CEOs’. The New York Daily News sheds further light on her abilities:
It turns out Palin’s writing skills are still better than most educated Americans. Global Language Monitor gave Palin’s emails a score of 8.2, which actually exceeds that of most chief executives.
“She’s very concise. She gives clear orders. Her sentences and punctuations are logical,” said Paul Payack, president of Global Language Monitor. “She has much more of a disciplined mind than she’s given credit for.”
Why are people so obsessed with this lady anyway?
That's a good question. The only possible explanation I can come up with is it's because she's so bizarre...kind of a cross between a stereotypical dumb blond and Hitler. You don't see that combination every day...fortunately.
What? Huh? I'm sorry, Mellie I'm not getting you. What do you mean?
That's a good question. The only possible explanation I can come up with is it's because she's so bizarre...kind of a cross between a stereotypical dumb blond and Hitler. You don't see that combination every day...fortunately.
She's like Hitler because she doesn't kill babies
Sarah Palin Endorses ‘Bomb Iran’
Sarah Palin Endorses ‘Bomb Iran’ - By Daniel Pipes - The Corner - National Review Online
, wants very small government
Palin And Rep. Lankford Defend Wasteful Oil Subsidies: They’re ‘A Drop In The Bucket,’ ‘Only’ 4 Billion Dollars
Palin And Rep. Lankford Defend Wasteful Oil Subsidies: They’re ‘A Drop In The Bucket,’ ‘Only’ 4 Billion Dollars | ThinkProgress
and more freedom?
Sarah Palin: hunt WikiLeaks founder like al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders
Sarah Palin: hunt WikiLeaks founder like al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders - Telegraph
Palin asked Wasilla librarian about censoring books
Palin asked Wasilla librarian about censoring books - BostonHerald.com
Palin supports ban on gay marriage
Politics | Palin supports ban on gay marriage | Seattle Times Newspaper
Okay, now I see it.
Anyhow, the score is not interesting.
The scores are of interest. Ms. Palin’s e-mail scores (which she undoubtedly writes herself) seem fairly consistent with her speeches, which is indicative of the extent of her personal involvement into the speech writing process.
Obama on the other hand jumps all over the place. His inaugural speech 8.2, SotU 9.6 and "The back to School" speech in 09 of 6.7. Actual samples of his writing while in the Illinois State Senate and U.S. Senate for comparison would be nice.
Apparently people are not aware of what the Flesch-Kincaid scale actually measures.
It is a measure of the length of words and the length of sentences. Scoring high means what you write is hard to read.
Apparently people are not aware of what the Flesch-Kincaid scale actually measures.
It is a measure of the length of words and the length of sentences. Scoring high means what you write is hard to read.
So why did the guy who scored it say she did well?