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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Freeper on May 25, 2012, 07:26:57 PM
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Playinghardball
10 Dumbest Members of Congress
A new study finds that Congress speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did seven years ago. Meet the 10 conservatives dragging down their collective intelligence.
The Sunlight Foundation just released the results of a study measuring the scholastic grade level of speeches made by members of Congress. The scale uses the Flesch-Kincaid test and is based on the length of words and sentences used. Among its findings are, “Congress now speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did just seven years ago, with the most conservative members of Congress speaking on average at the lowest grade level.†The study further found that it is the “most extreme members†who speak at the lowest grade levels, as well as the most junior.
As you may remember, a major turning point in American politics was the 2010 election that saw a wave of new Tea Party Republicans elected to Congress. Of the 20 lowest scoring members, 17 were Republicans, and 12 of those are in their first term of office. You have to go down to 15th place before you find a Democrat.
There are varying perspectives from which to interpret this study. On the surface it could be viewed as evidence that the intellectual capacity of the Congress is declining, thanks to the new Tea Party members who speak in short bursts of small words. That would be consistent with their shallow grasp of most issues and their tendency to reduce every discussion to a battle between liberty and socialism (drilling everywhere = liberty; clean air = socialism).
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The ten dumbest members are:
1. Mick Mulvaney, R-SC:
2. Rob Woodall, R-GA:
3. Rand Paul, R-KY:
4. Sean Duffy, R-WI:
5. Tim Griffin, R-AR:
6. Todd Akin, R-MO
7. Vicky Hartzler, R-MO:
8. Tom Graves, R-GA:
9. David Schweikert, R-AZ:
10. Ron Johnson, R-WI:
Read more at: http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/155545/10_Dumbest_Members_of_Congress/?page=1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002728459
Clean air = socialism? Wow, you have a lot of nerve calling anyone dumb, after making that statement.
I would have thought that congressman island tipper would have scored the top spot. :-)
I went to the link and let's just say that the source isn't exactly the most objective site I have ever seen. Basically this study was done by a DUmmy.
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These idiots cant help themselves. Rand Paul, for one, is an accomplished physician.
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I went to the link and let's just say that the source isn't exactly the most objective site I have ever seen. Basically this study was done by a DUmmy.
Yup. DR. Ron Johnson is one of the dumbest 10, but this flippin' genius is rated at above an 11th grade level!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbBP9Em00A
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Ah, the need for liberals to believe themselves the most intelligent. I like libs who do that; makes them easy prey.
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These idiots cant help themselves. Rand Paul, for one, is an accomplished physician.
They think that 0bama is a sooper genius.
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Playinghardball
10 Dumbest Members of Congress
A new study finds that Congress speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did seven years ago. Meet the 10 conservatives dragging down their collective intelligence.
The Sunlight Foundation just released the results of a study measuring the scholastic grade level of speeches made by members of Congress. The scale uses the Flesch-Kincaid test and is based on the length of words and sentences used. Among its findings are, “Congress now speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did just seven years ago, with the most conservative members of Congress speaking on average at the lowest grade level.†The study further found that it is the “most extreme members†who speak at the lowest grade levels, as well as the most junior.
As you may remember, a major turning point in American politics was the 2010 election that saw a wave of new Tea Party Republicans elected to Congress. Of the 20 lowest scoring members, 17 were Republicans, and 12 of those are in their first term of office. You have to go down to 15th place before you find a Democrat.
There are varying perspectives from which to interpret this study. On the surface it could be viewed as evidence that the intellectual capacity of the Congress is declining, thanks to the new Tea Party members who speak in short bursts of small words. That would be consistent with their shallow grasp of most issues and their tendency to reduce every discussion to a battle between liberty and socialism (drilling everywhere = liberty; clean air = socialism).
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The ten dumbest members are:
1. Mick Mulvaney, R-SC:
2. Rob Woodall, R-GA:
3. Rand Paul, R-KY:
4. Sean Duffy, R-WI:
5. Tim Griffin, R-AR:
6. Todd Akin, R-MO
7. Vicky Hartzler, R-MO:
8. Tom Graves, R-GA:
9. David Schweikert, R-AZ:
10. Ron Johnson, R-WI:
I've forgotten so maybe the DUmmie can help me. Which of those 10 thought that a higher population would cause an island to tip over and which one wondered if the MARS rover could see the flag that the astronauts left?
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Wow, how did I know an ass plunger from the DUmp would list all Republicans. If she/he/it/pat would have put one Democrat, he/she/it/pat would have been banned.
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Darn, the Rep I interned for didn't make the list. Guess he's not trying hard enough. :whatever:
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I saw something recently comparing Bela Pelosi's speeches to Boehner's speeches and his were several grade levels above hers. Worse for the DUmmies though, Obama's speeches were below even Pelosi's.
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Shocking! Coming from the DU, they listed all republicans?
Let's see - Sheila Jackson Lee, Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, just to name a few of theeeee dumbest congresspeople I've ever heard before.
We all know the dumb things they've said and I'm not in the mood to go find the examples right now.
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I remember when this Mulvaney guy thought we'd sent a man to Mars. Oh wait, that was Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-itz). Or the time Rand Paul lost count of how many states there were in the US. Oops, that was Barack Hussein Obama (D-umbass). Do you recall when Ron Johnson went on about how Osama bin Laden did all of these wonderful things for people in Middle Eastern shitholes? Dang it, wrong again. That was Patty Murray (D-amn idiot). Those are some really bright bulbs.
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This guy didn't make the list of 10 dumbest?
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbBP9Em00A[/youtube]
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And using the same study, 8 of the 10 smartest people in congress are also Republican. From the smartest down..
Dan Lungren R-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Tom Petri R-WI
Daniel Akaka D-HI
Mac Thornburry R-TX
Olympia Snowe R-ME
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Mark Amodei R-NV
Ralph Hall R-TX
-So- How do you like those results, DU ?
https://data.sunlightlabs.com/dataset/Members-And-Grade-Level/iwhe-qaqu
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I remember when this Mulvaney guy thought we'd sent a man to Mars. Oh wait, that was Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-itz). Or the time Rand Paul lost count of how many states there were in the US. Oops, that was Barack Hussein Obama (D-umbass). Do you recall when Ron Johnson went on about how Osama bin Laden did all of these wonderful things for people in Middle Eastern shitholes? Dang it, wrong again. That was Patty Murray (D-amn idiot). Those are some really bright bulbs.
A guy on one of my other sites by the name of NW Pilot is in Patty Murray's district. Every day or so I would find a story about some dumb thing a member of congress did, and offered it to him by posting for consideration as the stupidest member of congress. He enjoyed the challenge but could not agree anyone was dumber.
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This is another one of those liberal fantasies like the ratings of the Presidents by a gaggle of liberal shithead professors. They didn't even try to fake objectivism. Every Democrat was ranked above every Republican. The lowest rated Dem was above the highest rated Rep.
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Lets see here now...understanding DUmmie math, logic and reasoning like we do.... hmmmm....the DUmmie measure of political stupidity would be inversely proportional to the actual intelligence level, ergo IQ, so.... :yahoo:....my representative is the smartest dude in the house... :yahoo:
Hell, even if he wasn't, he replaced John Spratt....another... :yahoo:
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A guy on one of my other sites by the name of NW Pilot is in Patty Murray's district. Every day or so I would find a story about some dumb thing a member of congress did, and offered it to him by posting for consideration as the stupidest member of congress. He enjoyed the challenge but could not agree anyone was dumber.
From what I've heard, Babs Boxer can give Patty Murray a real real run for her money.
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So another bogus study with whatever criteria fits the template. Color me shocked.
Cindie
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So another bogus study with whatever criteria fits the template. Color me shocked.
Cindie
This study actually has no bearing on intelligence at all, but is more a study that differentiates those who speak plainly from those who don't. Also, linguistics are strongly regional, so if one examines this test, one will find that the people tested tend to be in clusters based upon where they live, not their political party.
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The DUmpmonkeys are dead wrong about Rand Paul.
The guy graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine, and went on to become an ophthalmologist.
He's a nut, but he's intelligent as hell.
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It won't matter, come November their so called smartest guy ever to live in the White House will be out of office.
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It won't matter, come November their so called smartest guy ever to live in the White House will be out of office.
Is that the same guy that after asking what the day was then wrote 2008 in 2011?
Wyle E. 0bama
Super Genius
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Is that the same guy that after asking what the day was then wrote 2008 in 2011?
Wyle E. 0bama
Super Genius
Give the man a break, he is the first President to govern over 57 states. :rotf:
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The DUmpmonkeys are dead wrong about Rand Paul.
The guy graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine, and went on to become an ophthalmologist.
He's a nut, but he's intelligent as hell.
Well, the pecan doesn't fall far from the tree and all that!
Cindie
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Mulvaney was an honors scholar at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, he attended Harvard Business School and he got a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is the man who the Sunlight Foundation now says uses the diction and syntax of a seventh-grader? The least evolved speaker in Congress?
Something is flawed here. I’m beginning to think that the Flesch-Kincaid test, which invented the “reads at an nth-grade-level†metric, is a crock.
Rudolf Flesch was an Austrian who immigrated to the United States, advocated phonics in the teaching of English and published “Why Johnny Can’t Read†in 1955. In the 1970s, he and J. Peter Kincaid, a psychologist and Navy scientist, first created their readability test for the military’s use with technical manuals.
The notoriously opaque U.S. Constitution merits a whopping 17.8 grade level, and the Federalist Papers come in at 17.1. Oh well, sorreeee you fancy founding documents of the Republic!
On the other end of the scale, the Gettysburg Address lands at an 11.2 grade level. “I Have a Dream†gets the grade of a freshman: 9.4.
Feeling as though I could now face the test myself, I plugged this column (http://news.yahoo.com/who%E2%80%99s-dumber--congress-or-martin-luther-king-jr---the-dumb-report-on-congressional-dumbness.html) into a Flesch-Kincaid readability index calculator. It came in at grade 11—slightly below Lincoln at Gettysburg but safely above Martin Luther King Jr. and “I Have a Dream.â€
I’m better than King. Somehow I’m not convinced.
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Give the man a break, he is the first President to govern over 57 states. :rotf:
With two left to go.
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Give the man a break, he is the first President to govern over 57 states. :rotf:
I know that one of the new states is Massatoosits. At first I thought it was a simple mispronunciation, but then he said it again in another speech, so it must be one of the seven previously unknown states to which Obama is referring.
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I know that one of the new states is Massatoosits. At first I thought it was a simple mispronunciation, but then he said it again in another speech, so it must be one of the seven previously unknown states to which Obama is referring.
Bush got reamed for "Nucular".
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The ten dumbest members are:
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6. Todd Akin, R-MO
well even a broken clock is right twice a day
sorry for the bump but I was doing a search and this thread came up and it was too funny not to post on
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I have an online friend by the forum name "NWPilot". He is from Washington (state) and he insists it is Patty Murray, naturally. There is quite a strong competition for the honor though.
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I have an online friend by the forum name "NWPilot". He is from Washington (state) and he insists it is Patty Murray, naturally. There is quite a strong competition for the honor though.
Any US Senator that is stupid enough to suggest that al Qaeda builds day care centers in Pakistan and Somalia, has a special depth of stupidity.
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbBP9Em00A[/youtube]
Holy good grief batman.
That is ass-tound-in stuperdity.
Dat womens need to take the C*** out of her mouf.
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Everyone in the Senate moved up a notch when Plugs joined the Kenyan's ticket.
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Wait until the DUches figure out that the (D) after all their heroes names doesn't mean democrat. :-*
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Wait until the DUches figure out that the (D) after all their heroes names doesn't mean democrat. :-*
Like they think (R) means Republican. Many a lib/dem/socialist representative has taken advantage of that.
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How many times to these fools go on about how libs don`t message well or how they need to reframe an issue?
Guess what,the truth and facts don`t need long drawn out speeches or elaborate words,it is simple and to the point.
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How many times to these fools go on about how libs don`t message well or how they need to reframe an issue?
Guess what,the truth and facts don`t need long drawn out speeches or elaborate words,it is simple and to the point.
Tis one of my pet peeves when someone is giving me a 10 - 15 explanation only to realize they could have cut out the impertinent crap and explained things in 2 -3 minutes or so.
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I wonder where the sentence " Democrats are all a bunch of dumb asses!" would rank on their collegiate scale? Not a lot of big words and nothing fancy about how they are arranged. Does the way I speak make me any less intelligent? Does this sentences structure indicate that I do not have a college education?
How about "the progressive populists' dearth of aptitude is frightening!"
Does this sentence make me any smarter then the first one? I don't see how it could. Speaking plainly and saying what you really mean is always the best avenue of approach.
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Holy good grief batman.
That is ass-tound-in stuperdity.
Dat womens need to take the C*** out of her mouf.
She almost........almost overtakes Hank Johnson's "Guam will tip over remark".