Smart Talk and Girly Talk on the Campaign Trail(Study: Kerry depressed, Edwards girly, Cheney smart)

Washington Post ^ | 4/4/06 | Richard Morin

[Diddle E. Squat]

President Bush and Vice President Cheney sounded more presidential than their Democratic counterparts. Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) seemed the most depressed or suicidal. And Kerry's running mate, Sen. John Edwards K(N.C.), sounded the most like a "girly man."

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin collected transcripts of 271 televised interviews, news conferences, town hall meetings and candidate debates conducted in 2004. The speech samples -- more than 400,000 words in all -- were run through a computer text-analysis program...

...The key to their study is previous research that has identified subtle but distinctive linguistic patterns and words that, for example, differentiate the way men and women talk...

...Cheney easily sounded the smartest of the four, while Edwards and Bush favored the least sophisticated language patterns...

...When it came to sounding presidential, both Bush and his running mate scored considerably higher than Kerry or Edwards...

...The vice president sounded the most honest of the four, and Kerry the least....

[AmericanChef]

Dick Cheney ROCKS! I always knew it.

[onyx]

[kromike]

Maybe we missed an opportunity to win the WoT in a shorter time. VP Girly-Man's presence & speeched would offend Muslim males' sensibilities, sending them into fiery rages. Then, as a one-two punch, Prez. Kerry would depress them all into committing mass-suicide.

/sarcasm

[birbear]

From the article:

"The vice president sounded the most honest of the four, and Kerry the least. Kerry's language also was most like that of a depressed person, followed by Edwards. Perhaps that's inevitable; after all, challengers must sound gloomy and doomy about their opponents' records, though in doing so they run clear risks. "Voters are most favorable toward those candidates who are the most optimistic," Slatcher said. "The depressive language that Kerry and Edwards used during the campaign may have contributed negatively to the way in which they were perceived by the public."


I suffer from depression. I know first hand when I sound depressed, people stay their distance from me. When I sound more upbeat, people flock to me.

We needed to fund a study to show this?

It also shows that if the Dems keep doin what they're doin, 2006 and 2008 will be a lock for Repubs.

[Echo Talon]

John Edwards...

[onyx]

ROTFLMAO!

[dfwddr]

I can't spell VW, but I drive a Porsche

ROFLMAO !!!! Duh-Huh !!!!

[knews_hound]

Well hey there sailor..

Quite the come hither look IMHO.

Cheers,

knewshound

http://knewshound.blogspot.com/2006/03/homebrewing-101.html

[onyx]

You're under construction.

[bill1952]

2 years later they are just catching on to the fact that Edwards look like a sissy and sounds like a smarmy snake oil salesman at a carnival, and that kerri appears dishonest? LOL! priceless

[Echo Talon]

:D

[onyx]

I also like the one with Richard Simmons...lol.

[Echo Talon]

i think the "ponch" is better. :)

[neodad]

And this is news because . . . . . .. .

[knews_hound]

Google is not my friend sometimes.

But then, you get what you pay for, and since it's free, I can't complain toooo much.

Check back however, I am really proud of the homebrewing article.

Cheers,

knewshound

http://knewshound.blogspot.com/2006/03/homebrewing-101.html

[Diddle E. Squat]

And this is news because . . . . . .

Why don't you ask the Washington Post, or Brit Hume, since he ran the story on his show tonight.

[woofie]

Ketchup is a depressant?

[pogo101]

A candidate's personal appearance isn't relevant to his fitness for office.

Therefore, I am allowed to post this:

[dfwddr]

I'm shocked I tell you, just shocked !!!!!

[neodad]

I was just being a little tounge in cheek.

[Beagle8U]

If anyone (besides myself) noticed during the campaigns...

Any time John Edwards raised his fist in a victory gesture, his thumb was always clenched WITHIN his fist!

Any man over the age of 8 knows that you would break your thumb if you ever hit anyone with that fist.

Thats a sure sign that he is a sissy boy.

[onyx]

FOTFLOL! I did NOT notice.
I sure wish I would have!

[Graymatter]

Because I'm blond, I don't have to think
I talk like a baby, and I never pay for drinks
Don't have to worry about gettin' a man
If I keep this blond, and I keep these tan
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah

I see people workin', it just makes me giggle
'Cause I don't have to work, I just have to jiggle
'Cause I'm blond, B-L-O-N-D
'Cause I'm a blond, don't you wish you were me!

I never learned to read and I never learned to cook
Why should I bother when I look like I look?
I know lots of people are smarter than me
But I have this philosophy:
So what?
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah

I see girls without dates, and I feel so sorry for 'em
'Cause whenever I'm around, all the men ignore 'em
'Cause I'm blond, nyah nyah nyah
'Cause I'm a blond, nyah nyah nyah

They say to make it you need talent and ambition
Well I got a TV show and this was my audition
Um okay, what was it okay um, don't tell me oh yeah okay
Duck Magnum, duck!
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah

I took an IQ test and I flunked it of course
I can't spell VW but I got a Porsche
'Cause I'm a blond, B-L-I-N-D
'Cause I'm a blond, don't you wish you were me!

I just want to say that being chosen as this month's Miss August is like, a compliment I'll remember for as long as I can. Right now I'm a freshman in my fourth year at UCLA, but my goal is to become a veterinarian, 'cause I love children.

'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
'Cause we're a blond, yeah yeah yeah

Girls think I'm snotty and maybe its true
With my hair and body, you would be too!
'Cause I'm a blond, B-L... I don't know!
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
'Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah


---Julie Brown, "'Cause I'm A Blond"

[Beagle8U]

You dig up some old photos where he has a fist, you'll see.

[Fintan]

 

You win.

[onyx]

LOL!
I'm sure Kerry is light in the loafers.

[dighton]

Breck Girl bump.

[DeFault User]

Cheney easily sounded the smartest of the four ...and the most honest.

That's always been my impression so why is Cheney's popularity always in the dumper? Obviously, he gets negative press as does Bush, but what is the animosity towards Cheney?

Maybe he's just too damn tough and no nonsense.

[DeFault User]

Cheney easily sounded the smartest of the four ...and the most honest.

That's always been my impression so why is Cheney's popularity always in the dumper? Obviously, he gets negative press as does Bush, but what is the animosity towards Cheney?

Maybe he's just too damn tough and no nonsense.

[Beagle8U]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-07-06-kerry-edwards-tickets_x.htm

I think that link shows both of those fags (kerry/edwards) with a fist with their thumbs tucked in...lol

Sorry, I don't know how to post pic.'s, or expand them enough to see it.

[Chode]

Yooo Hooo... I'm over HERE!!!

[onyx]

I can;t enlarge pics.

[birbear]

It's an oldie, but a goodie.

Long live Dr. Demento!

[onyx]

I thought of you yesterday... Brit Hume read the results of some study which was done to determine how voters viewed the candidates or how the candidates came across.

Cheney and Bush were the strongest --- most presidential.

Kerry was described as depressing.

Edwards was described as FEMANIME!

[Beagle8U]

I'm glad you thought of me yesterday, I hope the fact that Kerry is depressed and confused, and Edwards is a sissy boy, wasn't what reminded you of me ?...lmao, you would miss the mark on that.

[onyx]

|FOTFLOL!
NO, I thought of you ONLY because of you telling me about sissy Edwards!

[Mr. Jeeves]

That's always been my impression so why is Cheney's popularity always in the dumper?

Remember the old political adage that Americans will never vote for any Presidential candidate they perceive to be smarter than themselves? Bush's "dumb" act is a very clever political strategy.

[mombonn]

Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) seemed the most depressed or suicidal. . .

They left out arrogant and condescending.