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“Like watching paint lie,” was succinct.
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The State Of The Union…
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Yeah, I stopped at that point. I like Colbert, but I honestly don’t think he could beat that line. 
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I thinks it’s ASL for “Here’s your applause, you Cretinous Cadmium Creep! Don’t let the doors hit you on the way out.”
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And let’s not forget other oh-so-inappropriate women who were there.
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At the very end:
Trump: “I am asking you to choose greatness no matter the trials we face.”
Colbert: “Well, in that case, sir, I choose you face a trial because that will be great.”
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I shant forget.
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Orwell’s Politics and The English Language (1946):
“When one watches some tired hack on the platform mechanically repeating the familiar phrases – bestial atrocities, iron heel, bloodstained tyranny, free peoples of the world, stand shoulder to shoulder – one often has a curious feeling that one is not watching a live human being but some kind of dummy…”
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible…The inflated style itself is a kind of euphemism. A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details.”
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Trump’s proud of his budget?
He still doesn’t get that is Congress’ job.
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