Think About It -Trump *didn't even begin to understand* a metaphor made by *George W. Bush.*

[kpete]

Link to tweet

[Wounded Bear]

1. Well, if you think about it...

What is a metta for?

[WinkyDink]

21. A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or......

[3catwoman3]

42. That is problematic when...

...one is a short-fingered vulgarian.

[WinkyDink]

52. ;-)

[ProudLib72]

2. There is truth to that

When I want to hide in the Oval Office, I usually hide behind the drapes. Sometimes Steve Bannon is hiding there already, so I have to hide under the desk. One time we pulled some chairs together, threw a sheet over them, and made a tent. We hid in the tent for an hour. I believe that was the day Merkel came to visit.

[smirkymonkey]

34. ROFL!!

I was just creating a visual in my mind as I was reading your post and it cracked me up. Because I could really see them acting like this. Can't you just see Trump hiding behind the curtain with his shoes sticking out beneath?

[JHan]

55. lolollolo

[DefenseLawyer]

3. "There will be growth in the spring." - Chauncey Gardiner

[BSdetect]

7. Classic!

[spanone]

13. Chauncey Gardener was a kind soul. trump is an evil f*ck.

[DefenseLawyer]

25. Very true

It just struck me that Chauncey would have responded to an allegory like "The Oval Office has no corners to hide in" in the same literal way as simpleton Trump.

[spanone]

33. 👍🏼

[pansypoo53219]

41. he should have a goatee. he is the star trek evil universe chauncy gardener.

[vlyons]

27. +100

n/t

[ExciteBike66]

4. Trump is the intellectual center of the Republican donut...nt

[dalton99a]

31. Good one.

[Snackshack]

5. Drax's

Cousin...

[Ilsa]

30. Stop it with the metaphors!

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Besides, metaphors go over Drax's head.

[Snackshack]

44. No they don't.

His reflexes are too fast... he would catch it!

[Ilsa]

47. (Hee hee hee... I set you up for that line!) nt

[Snackshack]

50. :)

[Bleacher Creature]

53. I really love the alternate crew more and more each day.

And I'm starting to get worried that it may not be profitable enough for the studio to keep making movies with them.

[Ilsa]

58. Me too. It's a great franchise with a talented ensemble. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. How dumb do you have to be not to understand something said by George W. Bush?

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That idiot talked to us like we were all 5 year olds. Drove me crazy.

Typically it was things like, "Freedom means you want to be free."

[0rganism]

17. apparently W read the intellectual level of the electorate pretty well

sure, tautologies and malapropisms everywhere, but at least there was something twitching behind W's beady eyes

Trump wears his uncaring ignorance on his sleeve like a badge of honor, and his supporters love him for it

[hatrack]

24. "Sovereignty means that . . . you . . you're sovereign!"

[jberryhill]

32. It's hard to put food on your family

[ms liberty]

36. But is your children learning?

[JHan]

57. because remember...families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream

[0rganism]

60. at least W had enough comprehension of grammar to handle the conjugation

thought experiment: what would we get if Trump tried W's sentence?
W: "Sovereignty means that . . . you . . you're sovereign!"
Trump: "Sovereignty means that... really great things...<incomprehensible>... I won by the hugest margins ever."

[BSdetect]

8. Its all very troubling really. He's such a moron.

[SchrodingersCatbox]

9. If he were any more dense

He'd have his own event horizon

[demmiblue]

11. Heh!

[Ilsa]

35. Thread winner! nt

[irisblue]

37. If he were more dense he'd be a black hole.

[yardwork]

59. Lol!

[Shandris]

10. To be fair...

...George W. Bush didn't understand most of George W. Bush's metaphors. "Y-you must put food on your family!"

[Scarsdale]

12. He looks dumb

and sounds really ignorant. The best part is that he belongs to the gop, they wanted him, and they (and their Russian buddies) made this disaster happen. They had better pray for a democratic president (if the world survives the Orange Disaster) who will help clean up the mess he will leave behind. If he has a complete meltdown in the WH, will the men in the white suits come for him, or will THAT be covered up too?

[mainer]

14. W. is an intellectual giant compared to this guy.

W. may have misspoken and used malapropisms, but at least he had the intellectual capacity to understand a metaphor.

[Ilsa]

38. At least W had a sense of professional propriety.

Generally, he had manners and the people he hired to work in his admin knew how government works.

[benpollard]

15. Trump seems to think that if he says enough words...

Trump seems to think that if he says enough words, some of them will make sense.

[SticksnStones]

18. Like a room full of monkeys sitting at typewriters will eventually type Hamlet...

Given enough bananas, of course ~

[SchrodingersCatbox]

39. But if that were true

Free Republic would have generated the full works of Shakespeare by now

[SticksnStones]

40. So says SchrodingersCatbox

[SchrodingersCatbox]

43. Only because

SchrodingersCatsitter was too long

[IronLionZion]

29. I know words, I have the best words. I have the best, but there is no better word than stupid.

“It is the level of stupidity that is incredible. I’m telling you, I used to use the word incompetent,” Trump explained. “Now I just call them stupid. I went to an Ivy League school. I’m very highly educated. I know words, I have the best words. I have the best, but there is no better word than stupid. Right? There is none, there is none. There’s no, there’s no, there’s no word like that.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/30/trump-i-know-words-i-have-the-best-words-obama-is-stupid-video/#ixzz4fwmW0VEM

[bucolic_frolic]

16. A skilled interviewer that grants room for whatever is said

You can't say Dickerson was trolling him, but he sure gave him rope

with a GWB quote of all things ....

[NJCher]

49. Dickerson was extraordinarily cordial

I thought he showed real professionalism. Trump insulted the program to his face. How tactless, yet Dickerson maintained an even tone of voice and did not reveal in any way that Trump's childish name-calling bothered him in the least. I was very impressed.


Cher

[genxlib]

19. He has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility

Why would it be a big surprise he doesn't understand the concept. Dress it up in a metaphor and it will really throw him.

[yellowcanine]

20. He will never be fooled again by corners.

[Honeycombe8]

22. Oh, my. nt

[NBachers]

23. We are now in Uncharted Territory.

[JHan]

26. No fucking way.. no way . I don't believe this lOLOLOLOl

Somebody tell me this is a lie..

SOMEBODY...


PLEASE>>>


LOLLOL



(no I haven't read that interview yet... now frightened to) lololol

[Freethinker65]

28. Frightening

[JHan]

46. Right?

I mean how the hell does he not grasp that?

what grade level of literacy we're looking at here....

my God.

[Freethinker65]

48. I honestly believe he has some age related cognitive decline

Certainly those closest to him have known about it for some time, especially Ivanka. Letting him continue in the role as President is dangerous and frightening.

[JHan]

54. Yep. I'd wager you're right about that.

[NJCher]

62. I thought that for a while, but changed my mind

after I listened to an interview with the ghostwriter who wrote The Art of the Deal. The interview is at NPR and you could probably turn it up easily enough by searching the book title at their site. This writer said that Trump has a very limited attention span. He has no mental discipline, such as the patience or attention skills to listen to other people.

He probably does not even have the attention span to know what is actually in the healthcare bill. He doesn't read anything that's longer than a page, and everything has to be put in bullet points. No more than one page.

That is why he makes so many errors when he speaks about what is actually in his health care plan.

He is a stupid man with little mental discipline, easily manipulated by those around him.


Cher

[JHan]

45. K & R again, because I can't get over it.

[C_U_L8R]

51. "These go to eleven!"

OMG Trump is the Nigel Tufnel of the rightwing!!!

[JHan]

56. I could K&R this thread forever.

[pnwmom]

61. The best part is what DT really thinks Bush was saying.

He thinks Bush meant that if someone's shooting at you, there's no corner to hide in.

But that's okay, because there's no one outside the windows to worry about.

I wonder if that's something he obsesses about.