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Last night's absolutely bizarre recorded statement should simply be all the proof anyone needs to determine that. The heavy breathing, as if he's simply laboring; that only seems to happen when he's reading from a teleprompter. The muted, halting speech pattern and cadence. The ending of a phrase at the end of whatever is on the teleprompter, as if he can't follow punctuation or think ahead. He clearly never saw the words before. And when that's the case, you get what we got from him last night.
His illiteracy is why Jarvanka are there. They translate from Real World Speak to Trump World Speak. It is why he simply HAD to get them both security clearances to see everything he is entitled to see.
Simply so he can understand them. So they can fill in the blanks for things he doesn't understand.
His illiteracy is why he speaks in small, simple words.
After 70 years he has learned a few big words that he can toss around when speaking extemporaneously. In reality, he speaks like he thinks. Simply.
He is a simple man.
Simple is as simple does.
Simple.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)Because of his money he was able to snare the spotlight with outrageous statements and behavior. He is a con man who was destined to ruin before the Russians found him useful.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)"To understand the Trump campaign, study real-estate developer hustle"
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)hunter
(38,310 posts)I carry a few Neanderthal genes, and I respect those ancestors. As a people they didn't deserve what they got.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)How can our country be so fucking ignorant
Mighty mag
(3 posts)How can our fellow Americans be so completely blind? I.just.dont.get.it.
babylonsister
(171,056 posts)Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)it is fucking scary
babylonsister
(171,056 posts)I escaped GA to wind up in FL, in a rethug county.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)Phoenix61
(17,002 posts)I'm in Florida sorta. We call it LA, Lower Alabama.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)babylonsister
(171,056 posts)and made them believers in only faux.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)In my experience pointing out how Fox lies helps. Maybe not immediately (no one likes to admit they got conned) but it helps.
Also let them know WHY Fox lies to them - to get votes so Murdoch and the super-wealthy can destroy the government to cut taxes on the rich. That tax cut will help the 0.01%, but not normal americans - because cutting taxes will hurt government services like health care and social security.
TeamPooka
(24,221 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)A poor man's idea of a rich man.
A stupid man's idea of a smart man.
A weak man's idea of a strong man.
Edit: Just read down further. Post #22.
mopinko
(70,078 posts)dementia had set in, and she would try to make conversation like she always did, but it was totally disconnected to what the conversation was. but the tried and true bromides were still there.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)sounds like a bad coffee brand!
Java mixed with Sanka!
Cha
(297,154 posts)Augiedog
(2,545 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Why, he'd actually have a likable characteristic.
Not going to happen, is it?
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Eom
Stinky The Clown
(67,790 posts)"that he"
eom
n/t
Cha
(297,154 posts)predatory asshole.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,993 posts)Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)That meme should be spread far and wide!
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)HurricaneWarning
(220 posts)and get an eye full.
Volaris
(10,270 posts)unblock
(52,196 posts)and it would explain all those times when people think surely he must have read what's in his own executive order....
... nope! might explain how bannon wound up on the national security council (for a while, anyway). he just slipped it in there knowing donnie wouldn't read it.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...Chauncey Gardiner was simple, but had a sweet soul. The shitgibbon is also simple, but sports a black soul.
Gothmog
(145,130 posts)Motley13
(3,867 posts)he even sounded drunk, maybe is was the pills since he doesn't drink (he says)
RainCaster
(10,866 posts)Duh