"This president listens in a very dynamic fashion."

[trof]

(to his generals)- Nicolle Wallace "White House Communications Director"
Just now on Hardball/MSNBC

How you DO that?
Listen "dynamically"?
No unnerstan.
:shrug:

[KyndCulture]

1. my mom called that "selective hearing" yep I think that's it.nt

[eleny]

2. Wasn't that the biggest load of sidestepping bull dinky?

And worse!

[trof]

11. I think you win the PED* Award.

*Politest Epithet of the Day
;-)

[Demeter]

3. Refers to the Speed At Which Information Enters One Ear and Goes Out

the other.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Actually, that would be

'supersonic'

[trof]

5. Thanks to both for explaining method and speed.

;-)

[Ready4Change]

8. LOL!

Thanks, needed that.

[lapfog_1]

9. I don't think you understand

the "in one ear and out the other" is only a defense mechanism. If that didn't happen then a few facts might enter which are at odds with Shrubya's worldview. Over a short period of time, the cognitive dissonance that results would simply cause his head to
:nuke:

[xchrom]

6. yeah that's it -- Dynamic Listening!

:eyes:

[tanyev]

7. He actually stays awake, unlike Cheney.

[jimshoes]

10. Would it be asking too much

if the White House Communications Director could actually speak in intelligible sentences using words that form coherent thoughts and or convey meaning instead of gibberish?

[trof]

12. um...prolly.

They all take that seminar in Unmeaningful Obfuscation.
:shrug:

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

13. Listening "dynamically" is how you get "crisp" decisions

She must be talking thermo-dynamics. He listens so hard his brain literally fries - and you can only get crisp decisions from a fried brain.

[incapsulated]

14. Translation: He fidgets when he gets too much information. n/t