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Just watching Trump on FOX News....

Apr 26, 2018 5:32AM PDT

The looks on the faces of the 3 on the couch asking questions....

They could ask a question and walk off set....

TheRUMP would talk for 5 minutes straight without taking a breath.....

They conclude the interview by saying...

We could talk to you all day...

I think they meant YOU could talk all day....

What a motormouth....

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I guess you never watched BO in action
Apr 26, 2018 6:42AM PDT

during ANY interview or presser he gave......he was notorious for 'talking down the clock'....he'd have a list of questions ahead of time that the reporter was going to ask within a 15 minute timeframe. If he didn't want to answer them all or avoid the last few, he would ramble for ten minutes answering the first one or two in order to eat up the clock, knowing he reporter wouldn't have time to get to the last three or four that BO wanted to avoid. He even did it on the campaign trail during 'back yard' "rallies" or 'town halls' knowing he'd be getting questions from the audience, being given the list ahead of time, and could avoid those he didn't want to answer at all.

Yep....what a motormouth.........I keep telling you, Reps have finally learned the lessons the Dems had perfected and you guys hate having your own methods tossed back at you.

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RE:he was notorious for 'talking down the clock'..
Apr 26, 2018 7:27AM PDT

Well, since they are both long winded, it must be the facial expressions and squirming of the people that attracted my attention to the length of his rants.... AND his annoying "voice" (so i turned the volume down till I could just barely hear it)...that improved the harshness of his voice.

Perhaps you could get him to work on that....the harshness of his rants....

RE:he'd have a list of questions ahead of time that the reporter was going to ask

Jordan Spieth says Obama told him a priceless joke during a long-winded answer about becoming president

I asked him a question ... 'President Obama, what's kind of the one thing that you would tell a president-elect? What's the one thing you weren't prepared for in your two terms?'" Spieth said.

According to Spieth, Obama went on a long, intense "spiel" about the responsibility of the US president to not only run the country, but to be the first to respond to global affairs and set an example.

Then, Spieth said, Obama dropped a great punchline.

"Right before he goes to hit his putt," Spieth said, "He goes, 'And you won't believe what the aliens look like.'"

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Apparently some others thought the same
Apr 26, 2018 7:07PM PDT