Blog analysis of blog on relations between Obama and Pope Francis

This blog is comes from the telegraph and discusses the relations between Barrack Obama and Pope Francis. The blog post begins with a rhetorical question: '...they both get on really well?' The writer then goes on to use what seems to be a filler or language that is from their particular dialect when they say: 'That's sort of just happened on a global scale.' The writer then uses an ellipsis which gives the impression to the reader that it has a more informal, spoken feel which therefore makes the reader feel more comfortable and as if they are being spoken to whilst reading the piece (as opposed to have a formal, written feel) when the writer puts 'This is from the man who brands his opponents as extremists and refuses to negotiate with anyone on anything...'.

The writer then begins the next paragraph with an exclamatory sentence which is what seems like a stark contrast to what the prior paragraph was like when the writer puts: 'What the heck is going on here?!'. In addition to the informal feel because of the spoken feel that the writing has, the writer shortens words such as 'The Prez probably...' (meaning the president) as well as '...Catholicism is incompatible with Obamamania...'. The writer also adds a humorous feel to the blog post by using fairly dry humour. For example, the writer says: '...but the tone implies that Obama believes he's found a new political bedfellow.'