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GusBob

(7,286 posts)

14. There is something not quite right in the language, more than his usual superlatives

Reply to catbyte (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 16, 2017, 04:54 PM

Oct 2017

"a lot of 'em....most of 'em"

"I think, probably sometimes he did.... maybe sometimes he didn't...I don't know"

He can and will never admit to being wrong or getting caught in a lie or making a mistake

But I think you are right, he is confused and his mind is wandering and is worried about being caught out of his league

My father was that way in the early stages of his dementia

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Today or tomorrow? And exactly how many weeks ago were they KIA? [View all] kpete Oct 2017 OP

Letter's in the mail, and I'll call if I get around to it uppityperson Oct 2017 #1

If I ever stop sending out stupid tweets. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2017 #4

Kind of like MontanaMama Oct 2017 #5

As usual, caught in a blatant, offensive lie maxsolomon Oct 2017 #2

excuse my language... handmade34 Oct 2017 #3

Totally appropriate language thegoose Oct 2017 #6

No excuses needed. I can't view His Awfulness without bursting into profanity. spiderpig Oct 2017 #7

"The.....the dog ate them." Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #8

Any other American politician would be roasted in the media gratuitous Oct 2017 #9

OH, DEAR GOD! He definitely has dementia. Nobody in their right mind talks in loops like that. catbyte Oct 2017 #10

Liars talk like that. progressoid Oct 2017 #11

I guess I'm remembering my relatives with dementia. They repeated simplistic, catbyte Oct 2017 #15

There is something not quite right in the language, more than his usual superlatives GusBob Oct 2017 #14

He is incapable of empathy. The man is a sociopath. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #12

That's right -he went golfing the day Johnson's remains were scheduled to return lunasun Oct 2017 #13