Why words matter in political fights
Our country is in crisis, a crisis of vocabulary. Words matter. They have consequences, and yet words get thrown around carelessly in the middle of political fights.Â
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Rage, rage against the octogenarian steel cage match
Trump’s diminished vocabulary, tendency to meander, sometimes incoherent remarks, light office schedule and struggles to process information led critics to conclude that he was in decline.”
Factbase · 116th Congress
Not “Stable Genius” Again, Or Please Stop Making Us Run This Analysis
The Headline Donald Trump’s grade level, on Day 986 of his Presidency, declined slightly from the first two analyses, dropping from a grade level of
White House · 116th Congress
Trump’s nicknames ranked, as he locks in on 2020 foes and foils
(Trump is pouncing on Warren making misleading and false statements about her level of Native American ancestry.)
Factbase · 115th Congress
“Stable Genius” – Let’s Go to the Data
Supercalifragilisticvocabularydocious However, the ability to measure the complexity of vocabulary, the diversity and its comprehension level is something we do all the time here in the Fact Cave
Factbase · 115th Congress
Is Trump Going Senile? (Beta)
Much of the data cited was due to speaking style and vocabulary. Well, said we. We have a definitive record spanning 37 years. Let’s take a look.
Once More, Wit Style
. … I learned from [Daumier] that caricature — and, by natural extension, political cartooning — is a language unto itself, with shades and accents to its vocabulary prompted by the happenings of the day
Once More, Wit Style
. … I learned from [Daumier] that caricature — and, by natural extension, political cartooning — is a language unto itself, with shades and accents to its vocabulary prompted by the happenings of the day
Methinks the Congressman Doth Protest Too Much
Even though the group admits, Quigley’s sentences “sparkle and shine” with a vampire-like sheen, alas this speech clocks in at a ninth-grade level.
Weiner’s Style Has Always Put His Name First
Quitting has never been a part of Weiner’s vocabulary.
Obama Must Lead in Cutting ‘Lethal’ Debt
As they argue for spending cuts, Republicans seem to have wiped the words entitlements from their vocabulary — not exactly a profile in courage.”
The Five Dirty Words of Health Care Reform
My first contact point is often someone with an extremely low level of medical sophistication. They may even mispronounce the medical terminology.
Goodbye Girls
“We ask all of our vendors, the barber shop included, to maintain the same level of professionalism as is expected within every House office,” said CAO Communications Director Jeff Ventura.
At USDA, a Different Kind of Graduate School
“I had taken Spanish [at GW], up to the literature level,” said Bowie, one of the staffers who expressed interest to Hernandez about the classes. “I’m not fluent — maybe 10 years ago.
GOP, Democrats Both Have Flaws on Education
Nationally, only 30 percent of public school fourth-graders and 31 percent of eighth-graders read at or above a “proficient” level, according to 2002 NAEP results.