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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:35 AM Original message |
Bush and Kerry Get 'Graded' at the Presidential Debates(bush sixth grade) |
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Dem Agog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Isn't that a shame? |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Excellent point |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. had Adlai Stevenson known about the Flesch-Kincaid... |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Exactly! If Kerry had spoken at his level of intellect |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. no kidding.. |
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TriMetFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Goes to show you that they think we are dumb. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Most people ARE dumb. (nt) |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. Given that the mentality of the average American is that of a 12-year-old, |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is useless bullshit. The fact that they think "grade levels" |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It actually does. It means our education system needs more resources. (nt) |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Must be why gw* cut the funding for NCLB |
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Tommy_Douglas (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yeah that is a stupid study... |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. that's a sad statement. true but sad as hell. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 04:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. and the princeton review are a lot of skivers |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . |
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Quetzal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. No $h!t |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. Another distinction between the candidates |
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lawladyprof (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Article isn't written so well itself |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. in all sincerity . . . the average newspaper in America addresses |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. First they beat Kerry down because his language |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
17. I won't complain, I want to win. |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. Kerry could have spoken at a College level but Joe Average... |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. FAUX NEWS ALERT! |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. 41% of responders to this poll |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Poll's not there. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The poll is still there |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. One suggestion |
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3113 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Not any more--it's now 40 Bush 40 Kerry, w/Kerry up by over 850 votes. |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 01:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Hi 3113!! |
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jimbot (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. Flesch-Kincaid is for the written word |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. thank you. someone needed to say that |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. This is good... |
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Roy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. Impossible to have an intelligent debate... |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. I just love the picture of the Chimp in Chief |
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lakemonster11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. One is supposed to aim for 7th to 8th grade level. |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. level 12! ....no wonder I didn't understand it....lol |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. what a sad commentary |
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Amigust (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 09:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. That Stupid? Yes, sad to say, as a whole, we are. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. That level fits in with the US majority |
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