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''He was a fattish but active man of paralysing stupidity...'' (Original Post) Soph0571 Jul 2019 OP
All fitting except the "active" part Roland99 Jul 2019 #1
He plays golf. A lot. (n/t) thesquanderer Jul 2019 #3
I'm sure he carts from hole to hole. There's no real activity there Roland99 Jul 2019 #4
Doesn't he use a cart though? sir pball Jul 2019 #5
He drives his cart onto the putting greens. Mr.Bill Jul 2019 #10
Which is probably why he only plays at his own courses. nt Ilsa Jul 2019 #14
Jeezus Roland99 Jul 2019 #15
Yeah, I had heard that sir pball Jul 2019 #18
Spot on, little one! sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #22
Back in more innocent times Danascot Jul 2019 #24
He has active bowels. Bluepinky Jul 2019 #30
His thumbs are quite active as well as his mouth. IrishEyes Jul 2019 #35
drats. I wanted to poach your poster and post on twitter but twitter is still down riversedge Jul 2019 #2
Oh, SNAP! MineralMan Jul 2019 #6
Perfection Blue Owl Jul 2019 #7
"ish"? n/t Harker Jul 2019 #8
Yeah - but yu can't mess with the great word of orwell Soph0571 Jul 2019 #9
Fair enough. n/t Harker Jul 2019 #23
Poor Parsons. He was dense and cowardly but well-meaning. sandensea Jul 2019 #11
That man had a crystal ball! Thanks! Karadeniz Jul 2019 #12
Orwell was describing a follower, not the head of the Party. Goodheart Jul 2019 #13
Well, he is following Pootie's orders bigbrother05 Jul 2019 #16
I interpret it as Soph0571 Jul 2019 #21
Putin is still firmly in charge grantcart Jul 2019 #28
I knew this link had to be about trump. What a perfect discription. brush Jul 2019 #17
Very fitting geardaddy Jul 2019 #19
Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2019 #20
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. nt Ferrets are Cool Jul 2019 #25
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA MoonRiver Jul 2019 #26
#TraitorTrump's paralyzing stupidity certainly has the GOP senate paralyzed with fear underthematrix Jul 2019 #27
I'll sure go with the paralyzing stupidity. n/t PatrickforO Jul 2019 #29
the "stability" of both parties depends on people just like this. eom mojowork_n Jul 2019 #31
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2019 #32
The "active" part could only apply to his thumbs. n/t Brainstormy Jul 2019 #33
Another great graphic! calimary Jul 2019 #34
Well he called that underpants Jul 2019 #36

sir pball

(4,741 posts)
5. Doesn't he use a cart though?
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 03:25 PM
Jul 2019

At that point golf loses whatever tenuous claim to a "sport" it has and becomes just a game on a very big board.

Mr.Bill

(24,282 posts)
10. He drives his cart onto the putting greens.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 03:57 PM
Jul 2019

That's how lazy he is. That will get you kicked off most golf courses.

Danascot

(4,690 posts)
24. Back in more innocent times
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:57 PM
Jul 2019

I thought the news that he drives his cart on putting greens would end his xresidency. What kind of monster does that!

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
35. His thumbs are quite active as well as his mouth.
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 12:02 PM
Jul 2019

He is constantly tweeting and he is constantly talking about himself.

sandensea

(21,625 posts)
11. Poor Parsons. He was dense and cowardly but well-meaning.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 03:59 PM
Jul 2019

Cheeto, on the hand, is a cynical bastard. A conman very much like Mussolini - except Mussolini at least got a good amount of infrastructure done for Italy.



"Double-plus good, this is."

Goodheart

(5,321 posts)
13. Orwell was describing a follower, not the head of the Party.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 04:03 PM
Jul 2019

I don't think even Orwell could have envisioned a system of such TOP TO BOTTOM stupidity.

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)
16. Well, he is following Pootie's orders
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 04:10 PM
Jul 2019

But you are right about Top to Bottom stupidity. That's probably our best hope to survive this Junta.

geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
19. Very fitting
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 05:21 PM
Jul 2019

though I wish Orwell hadn't named the character that name or I wish my parents had read 1984 before naming me.

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