Was It An Ambush?
Well, this is interesting.
Donald Trump was interviewed on 60 Minutes last night by Norah O’Donnell. For its timing alone, the interview was a real “get.” It covered a lot of ground, and lasted quite a long time, but mostly what will be remembered is the brief exchange between Trump and O’Donnell, above. Here is that portion of the transcript.
O’DONNELL: The [assailant’s] so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President. He appears to reference a motive in it. He writes this quote, “Administration officials, they are targets.” And he also wrote this, “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.” What’s your reaction to that?
TRUMP: Well, I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you’re— you’re he— you’re horrible people. Horrible people. Yeah, he did write that. I’m— I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.
O’DONNELL: Oh you think— do you think he was referring to you?
TRUMP: I’m not a pedophile. Excuse me. Excuse me. I’m not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person? I got associated with all— stuff that has nothing to do with me. I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, little’s say, Epstein or other things. But I said to myself, “You know, I’ll do this interview and they’ll probably”— I read the manifesto. You know, he’s a sick person. But you should be ashamed of yourself reading that because I’m not any of those things.
O’DONNELL: Mr. President these are the gunman’s words –
TRUMP: And I was never— excuse me. Excuse me. You shouldn’t be reading that on 60 Minutes. You’re a disgrace. But go ahead. Let’s finish the interview.
O’DONNELL: The other thing he wrote, in the …
TRUMP: You— you’re disgraceful.
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Gene Pool Gene Polls:
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Okay, good. Thank you. You’ve taken the polls, right?
If not, please do.
Good.
My answers, FWIW:
No.
Yes.
Yes.
No, and yes.
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Alert reader Richard Alexander points out that in the 6th round of the NFL draft the Packers chose a place kicker from Florida named Trey Smack. That is a double, full-name aptonym, since he smacks the ball for three points. I pointed out that Trey Smack is a double double entendre, if not an aptonym. “Smack” is a nickname for heroin, and a “trey” of smack was a $3 bag of it. This is 1960s terminology, but it is true. So. Trey Smack goes into the top-ten Aptonymic Hall of Fame.
That’s it for today.
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