Obama Speaks At Lower Grade Level Than Bush, CNN Says He's 'Too Professorial' Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/06/17/obama-speaks-lower-grade-level-bush-cnn-says-hes-too-professorial#ixzz1PITJhy30

"Remember: he's supposedly the smartest president in history! So now let's see how he compares to the so-called idiot he replaced:

Bush averaged a Flesch-Kincaid score of 10.4 across his seven State of the Union Addresses - or nearly two full grades higher than Obama's speech. Bush's speeches also averaged 2.4 more words per sentence than Obama, at 19.0.

In other words, the text of George W. Bush's speeches are expected to be understandable (in written form) by an average sophomore in high school, whereas Obama's speech should be understandable by a junior high school student.

Interestingly, George W. Bush's 10.4 Flesch-Kincaid score was also higher than several of his predecessors, including Ronald Reagan (10.3), Bill Clinton (9.5), and his father George H.W. Bush (8.6). [...]

Still, it is, at the very least, interesting that 'the professor' should write and deliver a speech that has a readability level two grades lower than those crafted and delivered by 'the cowboy.' "
[NewsBusters]