Posted on 10/28/2015 7:32:02 AM PDT by Isara
Donald Trump falls somewhere between Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Ben Carson resembles A.W. Tozers The Pursuit of God. Marco Rubio has a lot in common with Journey to the Center of the Earth, while Jeb Bush is a little simpler and sunnier closer to The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondos tribute to decluttering.
...They are instead based on an analysis of the candidates speaking styles in this years presidential debates, measuring both the complexity of their speech and the positivity (or negativity) of the words they use. To help make their speaking styles concrete, we compared them with a range of books, drawn from the most commonly downloaded titles on Project Gutenberg and supplemented with selections from our personal libraries.
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One striking aspect of the analysis is that the Republican candidates are debating in much simpler patterns than the Democrats. The only Republican who uses language as complex as the Democrats slightly more complex, in fact is Ted Cruz, a former solicitor general and law professor. His employment history shows in his debate rhetoric, with a level of complexity similar to Beowulf. (The speech patterns of President Obama in the 2008 debates were equally complex.) Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mr. Sanders have similar levels of complexity but are on opposite ends of the positivity spectrum: She is even more positive than Mr. Trump.
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Ted Cruz Beowulf
Mr. Cruzs debate style is much more complicated than that of his fellow Republican candidates, close to works like Beowulf and Don Quixote. The candidate whose debate rhetoric Mr. Cruz most resembles in terms of complexity and positivity is a fellow Harvard Law alumnus: Barack Obama in the 2008 debates.
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Ping.
Trump tops GOP field while talking to voters at fourth-grade level
Hillary is obviously the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of OZ.
That is on a GOOD day.
So saith the “experts” chosen by the communist Boston Globe and the communist New York Times.
Ted Cruz as hero Beowulf. I can see that, except for at the very end when he gets killed by the Dragon.
I think Hillary pairs well with Napoleon in “Animal Farm”.
[Ted Cruz as hero Beowulf.]
I see TED CRUZ as Patrick Henry.
Actually she is right out of THE OMEN.
Ted Cruz Beowulf
And thus, the explanation of why he is doing so poorly in the polls.
More like 6.66
I can easily believe this since the Democrats have to obfuscate most of what they plan to do.
The Republicans tend to do the same except for Cruz, Carson and Trump. Trump is actively speaking to the broader audience in simple sound bite phrases, Carson is speaking from his heart and keeping it simple, and Cruz is trying to educate the voters on just how messed up our system is.
If Ted Cruz is Beowulf, Hillary is Grendel’s dam.
Just because libtards communicate like marx doesn't mean that they are right.
Just because libtards communicate like marx doesn't mean that they are right.
That conjures up the lovely image of Beowulf doing her in.
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