• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    17 days ago

    Somehow that’s even worse than “won’t be fooled again”

    At least Bush could think to the end of his sentence, even if it takes half the sentence to get there. Trump has to say it out loud before he can think about it.

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      17 days ago

      To give Bush his credit, he said that “won’t be fooled again” line because he realized he was about to say “shame on me,” and that would have been used against him for the rest of his presidency.

      It actually showed real on the spot adaptability.

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        17 days ago

        hence my entire comment? He realized halfway through what he was going to say and changed it. Trump said the dumb thing, THEN corrected afterward.