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tabatha

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4. "But following 2005, something happened"

Reply to DainBramaged (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2012, 11:07 AM

May 2012

Between 1996 and 2005, Republicans overall spoke at consistently 2/10ths of a grade level higher than Democrats, except for 2001, when a rare moment of national unity also seems to have extended to speaking at the same grade level. But following 2005, something happened, and Congressional speech has been on the decline since. For Republicans as a whole, the decline was from an 11.6 grade level to a 10.3 grade level in 2011 (up slightly to 10.4 in 2012 so far). For Democrats, it was a decline from 11.4 to 10.6 in 2011 (also up slightly to 10.8 in 2012 so far.)

Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, or Bush? or all three happened to dumb down America.

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(FRESHMAN REPUBLICAN) Members Of Congress Speak Like High School Sophomores, Sunlight Foundation [View all] DainBramaged May 2012 OP

Most interesting. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #1

Agreed. So does pubescent Priebus. tabatha May 2012 #2

"look who elected them" ... yep, ... zbdent May 2012 #3

"But following 2005, something happened" tabatha May 2012 #4

NPR ran this story CRK7376 May 2012 #5

It's why the pukes want to dumb America down and attack education DainBramaged May 2012 #6

It's tricky loyalsister May 2012 #7