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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
1. George could sometimes make it appear that he knew what he was saying
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 08:17 PM
Aug 2016

Trump is literally seeing these words for the first time.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
3. I was just talking about this with my daughter.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 08:31 PM
Aug 2016

There was a time when I thought Bushco and Rove were as bad as it could get. I was wrong.

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democrattotheend

(11,607 posts)
6. The one other time I found him slightly likeable
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 11:30 PM
Aug 2016

Was right after the 2008 election when he congratulated Obama. I got the sense that as a Southern white person who grew up surrounded by overt racism, he was proud of the progress the country had made in electing Obama even if he disagreed with him.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,235 posts)
8. Of course not. MLK was in one of the greatest orators in modern history. Dubya was horrible.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 09:19 AM
Aug 2016

My point was, if Dubya was the old standard for awful public speaking style but Trump comes in and created a new low standard, Dubya ends up sounding like MLK in comparison. In terms of delivery, not substance, of course.

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