If stumbling over a word every now and again disqualified you from politics, America wouldn’t have had a president for the past six years (half the characters have the same name)

October 2022

“The Pennsylvania Senate race is between GOP candidate and proof that Oprah makes mistakes Dr. Mehmet Oz and the Democrat, former lieutenant governor John Fetterman. Fetterman, who endured a stroke in May and has since curtailed campaign appearances, gave his first in-person sit down interview to NBC News this week, using a prompter to help with difficulty interpreting auditory speech. He discussed how recovery from the stroke deepened his empathy, and stumbled over the pronunciation of ‘empathy’. Obviously, you’ve got people on the right saying Fetterman forgot a word, and he can’t understand speech, so he’s not fit for the Senate. And look, this is politics, so I get it. People will jump on any weakness to give their party an advantage. I understand that. But let’s be real, people. If stumbling over a word every now and again disqualified you from politics, America wouldn’t have had a president for the past six years.” —Trevor Noah

“At least Fetterman acknowledged that he messed up the word and corrected himself. Biden wouldn’t have noticed, while Trump would’ve tried to convince us that he actually got the word right.” —Trevor Noah

“As for using a prompter to help with the processing of speech, is that really a dealbreaker? In fact, if you ask me, I think America needs more people in politics who actually know how to read. [He said over photos of Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker.] If anything, needing captions is super relatable these days. Have you tried watching House of the Dragon without captions? It’s impossible. I mean, half the characters have the same name.” —Trevor Noah

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2022/08/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”