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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 10:33 AM Apr 2018

Kellyanne: Trump "leaves the rest of us cold in terms of our analytical and conversational skills"



https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/kellyanne-conway-praises-trumps-fox-friends-meltdown-delicious-says-hell-call-next-month/

“The president wanted to do that,” Conway said. “The president had a great time bringing his case to the American people, as he does on social media and these bilateral Q&As and certainly on the South Lawn and press pool sprays and other interviews, and the president said he would like to perhaps come once a month as news breaks.”

Doocy yelped and started applauding, although the best grim-faced co-host Brian Kilmeade could muster was, “that would be great.”

“Pretty much a monthly basis,” Conway said. “Back in the private sector he was on every week, every Monday. At certain times, same time every weekend, he was going through 15 or 20 minutes of his view on policy. Many people went back to listen to the interviews for clues as how he might govern as the president and his issues of the day.”

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“You see that consistency, that unbroken thread between some of those interviews and much of the policies today,” she said. “I had to credit him yesterday, I said, ‘You didn’t even put a semicolon in there — you covered so much territory,’ that he leaves the rest of us cold in terms of our analytical and conversational skills. The president was able to cover so much ground with you yesterday and appreciated the platform because it connects him with the American people, not just on Fox News, but at that really was the buzz around the globe yesterday in large part, because everybody had to replay your clips. That must have been delicious.”
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Kellyanne: Trump "leaves the rest of us cold in terms of our analytical and conversational skills" (Original Post) Miles Archer Apr 2018 OP
How often do they let her out of the crypt? dalton99a Apr 2018 #1
Well.. Docreed2003 Apr 2018 #28
and that, my friends, is how you put lipstick on a pig! unblock Apr 2018 #2
If you're really smart, or really skilled RockRaven Apr 2018 #3
that says a lot about the "analytical and conversational skills" of the White House staff DrDan Apr 2018 #4
If I may ask a question HipChick Apr 2018 #5
What pills has Dr. Ronny been giving her...... CatMor Apr 2018 #6
What the heck? PatrickforO Apr 2018 #7
Well, you know the old saying around mental health institutions.. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #15
I agree. We see this also in PatrickforO Apr 2018 #23
Patrick, you hit the nail on the head - good summary. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #25
Translation: Trump employs the Gish Gallop even better than the rest of us asshats. Garrett78 Apr 2018 #8
truth poboy2 Apr 2018 #12
That had to have been satire. Please tell me it was satire. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #9
Really. The attempt to tell us we are less treestar Apr 2018 #10
I don't even know what to say to this. smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #18
Yeah, it is clear what she is trying to do treestar Apr 2018 #20
Confirmed : Kellyanne conquers opioid crisis by consuming them all herself. bullwinkle428 Apr 2018 #11
Meth, more likely, considering that she always looks rough and haggard. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #21
Since her cosmetic surgery, last year, marybourg Apr 2018 #35
Who gets surgery to make themselves look *worse?* The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #36
I don't think she looks worse. marybourg Apr 2018 #40
... Scurrilous Apr 2018 #24
What did they allege that Dr Ronny was sharing out again? malaise Apr 2018 #13
To leave one cold: Idiom meaning to not affect one; to bore or underwhelm one Solly Mack Apr 2018 #14
drumph's "skills" or rather his lack of them, leaves me with chills. BSdetect Apr 2018 #16
The Trump Zone ... GeorgeGist Apr 2018 #17
That is exactly what this feels like. smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #19
Baghdad Bob was an amateur. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #22
Makes me ashamed of my own sex!! Speaks volumes for her ... dumb! Thekaspervote Apr 2018 #26
Trump does make my blood run cold dflprincess Apr 2018 #27
A Psycho's babble. Historic NY Apr 2018 #29
Oh goody...a weekly edition of the self incriminating RUMP show...surely he knows this is headed Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #30
A Festivus for the rest of us Blue Owl Apr 2018 #31
..... conversational skills ... OMFG LMAO lpbk2713 Apr 2018 #32
Ah, I see. Trying to wash out the stink of the rant the other day. JHB Apr 2018 #33
When the lies you tell are etched in your face Generic Other Apr 2018 #34
we can mock her all we like, but she's telling the truth of it 0rganism Apr 2018 #37
She's as nuts as he is. Vinca Apr 2018 #38
... NurseJackie Apr 2018 #39

RockRaven

(14,978 posts)
3. If you're really smart, or really skilled
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 10:37 AM
Apr 2018

you don't have to tell other people -- they'll know w/o you saying anything.

And if you have to get lackeys to go out and tell everyone, then you're not AND you have a pathetic, fragile ego. SAD!

PatrickforO

(14,584 posts)
7. What the heck?
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 10:42 AM
Apr 2018

None of her soliloquy even makes sense.

One thing though - Trump and the whole GOP leave me cold. We've got to get them out of there before they destroy this republic completely. Because they will if we let them.

And that truly is chilling.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
15. Well, you know the old saying around mental health institutions..
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 11:31 AM
Apr 2018

"Psychopaths of a feather flock together".

I'm seriously starting to believe the GOP is a magnet for all the psychopaths born in America. And, it makes sense when you think about it, just by looking at their statements and political history.

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PatrickforO

(14,584 posts)
23. I agree. We see this also in
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 12:30 PM
Apr 2018

corporate America.

Unfortunately, the capitalist 'free market' economy we have also encourages psychopathic or sociopathic behavior for those at the top, and for those who aspire to be at the top. The unfortunate doctrine of fiduciary responsibility in publicly held companies has C-level people responsible ONLY to increase earnings for shareholders - without regard for workers, consumers, communities or the earth itself.

Bad, and unsustainable policy. It is an unsustainable system.

Sigh. This is the wrong direction for us as a species, you know. Wrong economically. Wrong environmentally. Wrong morally and wrong spiritually. What kind of planet, what kind of society will we bestow upon our grandchildren and great grandchildren, I wonder.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
25. Patrick, you hit the nail on the head - good summary.
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 06:45 PM
Apr 2018

I've worked for and with many small/medium corporate managers as well as a lot of industrial plant managers, and many of them showed signs of a degree of psychopathy and often narcissism. And, the larger the firm, it seemed to be worse.

I agree that the whole damn system is now upside down. Maybe I'm naive, but it seemed many years ago, corporations were attached to - and showed some compassion for - their employees and the communities where they were located. That's no longer true and humans are just numbers and community means nothing.

There no doubt as you say, that this is not sustainable and must end. Inequality is getting worse every day and our planet simply cannot sustain the attack on the environment, much less the increasing drain on limited natural resources. Just the demand for fresh water alone may someday bring us to our knees.

Since the wealthy have most all of the money and don't seem at all interested in reversing capitalism's relentless drive to destruction, it may be that severe climate change will be the ultimate end game for us. It will probably be that, or nuclear war, or a world-wide (new) great depression - any of which will result in massive loss of life.

The peoples of the world are very short-sighted since we all have relatively short life spans and hardly no society seems interested in reducing population growth. And, I like you shudder to think what my precious granddaughter will witness in her lifetime. Apparently, we just simply have not evolved nearly enough to survive. These thoughts shake me every day.

.......

 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
12. truth
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 10:57 AM
Apr 2018

Kelly sometimes breaks code and in one moment in the past acknowledged she is a bullshitter. Her justification was 'well, we won!"
So she is semi-self aware and breaks character. He does not.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
10. Really. The attempt to tell us we are less
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 10:52 AM
Apr 2018

intelligent than Donald and can't analyze or converse on his level is pathetic. Sad. She's making herself look like a real fraud, trying to get people to see it this way. Not going to happen.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,777 posts)
21. Meth, more likely, considering that she always looks rough and haggard.
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 12:25 PM
Apr 2018

I wish it were opioids because then she'd be asleep or at least too groggy to jabber like she does.

marybourg

(12,633 posts)
35. Since her cosmetic surgery, last year,
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 07:31 PM
Apr 2018

she looks like a different person. Wonder why she didn't get a matching set of chicklet crowns for her teeth at the same time; her teeth still look human.

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
30. Oh goody...a weekly edition of the self incriminating RUMP show...surely he knows this is headed
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 07:12 PM
Apr 2018

towards a SERIES FINALE.

lpbk2713

(42,763 posts)
32. ..... conversational skills ... OMFG LMAO
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 07:24 PM
Apr 2018


Has Trump ever spoken a sentence using more than five words?

Teleprompters don't count.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
34. When the lies you tell are etched in your face
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 07:27 PM
Apr 2018

That is not an authentic smile. It is a twisted version. of a smile. Her real smiles are sneers when it is clear she is expressing true feelings.

0rganism

(23,959 posts)
37. we can mock her all we like, but she's telling the truth of it
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 07:37 PM
Apr 2018

Trump doesn't have to be intelligent. he doesn't need to handle complex ideas carefully. such tasks remain completely incidental to the position for which he has been electorally engaged. his supporters, and they are indeed legion, expect nothing more from him then fury and bluster to match what they wish they could say and do every day, as long as he effectively shits on the people they themselves hate. he is their tool, their bludgeon by which they will beat the rest of us into submission.


0:25 "Noo. That is incidental!"

meanwhile, he's still getting free media coverage for whatever poisonous nonsense bubbles out of his piehole, as every comedy show on the continent picks it up and scrutinizes it. we see such coverage as much-deserved mockery of the vile Trump, but his supporters see liberals disrespecting the office of the presidency and making fun of them by proxy.

Conway is quite correct in this -- he covers a lot of territory, and he does so carelessly, with all the tact of a rusty road grader. the vast majority of humans on this planet would seek to communicate consistent positions in a clear manner, and that is precisely why "he leaves the rest of us cold", as he completely disregards all norms of communication in service of pure volume. his talent is being the loudest one in the room, not the smartest, and his genius lies in knowing that limitation full well. he would never excel at "3D chess" or whatever, he would sooner kick over the chess board and take a shit on it than move a single piece.

what we look at as a public failure of basic cognitive abilities, his loyalists view as a successful media blitz. we see him exposing his lack of intellect, his followers see him solidifying his base.

as long as the conversation is all about Trump, he wins 100%. that's why topics like the investigations into Russian interference and Cohen's shenanigans are troublesome and dangerous for him -- they make the conversation about someone else. when that happens, he loses momentum. when it's about Hannity making dishonest and possibly illegal investments, that's a loser for the Trumpistas, and his handlers need to work overtime to make the story all about Trump again.
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