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To: pandemoniumreigns

Where I was brought up (deep South) I was taught that the faster someone talks, the more he’s likely to be trying to sell me something I don’t need.

btw...

According to an (unscientific) U.S. News analysis of all eight candidates at the debate, Romney, over the course of the two-hour event, had the fastest average rate of speaking, as measured in words per minute.

Here’s the tally, ranked in descending order from the night’s fastest talker to the slowest (words per minute = wpm):

Mitt Romney: 233 wpm
Tom Tancredo: 226 wpm
Rudy Giuliani: 201 wpm
Mike Huckabee: 199 wpm
Duncan Hunter: 188 wpm
John McCain: 182 wpm
Ron Paul: 179 wpm
Fred Thompson: 177 wpm

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2007/11/29/romney-wins-fast-talking-honors.html

132 posted on 11/30/2007 7:20:38 PM PST by Josh Painter ("Managers are people who leaders hire." - Fred Thompson)

To: Josh Painter

My Dad taught me the same thing. he was a Kansas boy.

161 posted on 11/30/2007 8:50:06 PM PST by papasmurf (Now I lay me down to sleep, and Pray for the RINO's huge defeat.)

To: Josh Painter

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163 posted on 11/30/2007 8:51:44 PM PST by papasmurf (Now I lay me down to sleep, and Pray for the RINO's huge defeat.)

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