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ProfessorGAC

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4. Good Comment

Reply to tanyev (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:30 PM

18 hrs ago

All the way to his "reality" show, his catch phrase was 2 words.
It's not like he was giving lectures on business principles.
I have no recollection of him speaking eloquently, ever.

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""He used to speak with a high level of vocabulary in very polished paragraphs..." ProfessorGAC 19 hrs ago #2

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Good Comment ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #4

THIS malaise 18 hrs ago #5

I believe he was referring to the years well before his first term. n/t ariadne0614 18 hrs ago #6

So Am I ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #7

Prof, I read the OP True Dough 17 hrs ago #11

K&R for, What? When was that?" UTUSN 17 hrs ago #15

Yeah, that stuck out to me as well. progressoid 17 hrs ago #16

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Prior to his first real run for president. Shipwack 16 hrs ago #26

Thinking the same thing Bayard 16 hrs ago #28

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Yep. That's certainly true. calimary 16 hrs ago #19

Maybe he'll just fucking die already Orrex 17 hrs ago #12

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This is what I think shows his inability to think rationally. He suddenly changes subject to talk to the media about the Doodley 16 hrs ago #30

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