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iPhone_7
05/21/17 6:56:20 PM
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Doom_Art
05/21/17 7:15:42 PM
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Sigh

I miss having an intellectual in the presidency
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iPhone_7
05/21/17 7:32:25 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
Sigh

I miss having an intellectual in the presidency

Trump loves the poorly educated.
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Roxborough4Ever
05/21/17 7:33:05 PM
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i wonder what Obama really thought about those books coming after him and his father
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Oystersoup
05/21/17 7:35:14 PM
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lol
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Axiom
05/21/17 7:37:03 PM
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iPhone_7 posted...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2e1UPBXUAA-xlp.jpg

I cannot stand the way he talks. Even in text it annoys me
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Schwarber
05/21/17 7:38:50 PM
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Captain_Qwark posted...
Obama's answer does seem like a PR or interview type of answer.


Maybe compared to trump's, sure. Obama actually has an education though.
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CW_McGraw
05/21/17 7:39:09 PM
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There's a nonzero chance Trump is actually just illiterate.
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boxington
05/21/17 7:58:48 PM
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ay, Obama's also a fan of Song of Solomon.

it's tied with The Count of Monte Cristo for being my favorite book.
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ZannoL
05/21/17 8:02:02 PM
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iPhone_7 posted...
Doom_Art posted...
Sigh

I miss having an intellectual in the presidency

Trump loves the poorly educated.
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Mal_Fet
05/21/17 8:02:16 PM
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So Obama says in an interview that he reads Shakespeare because I guess he thinks it makes him sound smart to read material that middle schoolers learn, and Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.

You guys will bash Trump over literally anything.
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alexander37
05/21/17 8:05:32 PM
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Mal_Fet posted...
So Obama says in an interview that he reads Shakespeare because I guess he thinks it makes him sound smart to read material that middle schoolers learn, and Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.

You guys will bash Trump over literally anything.

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Mal_Fet
05/21/17 8:05:51 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
is this real

how can someone actually think this

Yes

Obama speaks in essay format and Trump doesn't. This isn't the dumbest criticism I've seen of Trump, but it's up there.
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Mister_Spyker
05/21/17 8:05:58 PM
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Mal_Fet posted...
So Obama says in an interview that he reads Shakespeare because I guess he thinks it makes him sound smart to read material that middle schoolers learn, and Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.

You guys will bash Trump over literally anything.

Please, just go away already. Trump is a false god
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Mal_Fet
05/21/17 8:06:37 PM
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Mister_Spyker posted...
Please, just go away already. Trump is a false god

Mal_Fet posted...
This isn't the dumbest criticism I've seen of Trump, but it's up there.

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Roxborough4Ever
05/21/17 8:07:11 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
Mal_Fet posted...
So Obama says in an interview that he reads Shakespeare because I guess he thinks it makes him sound smart to read material that middle schoolers learn, and Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.

You guys will bash Trump over literally anything.

is this real

how can someone actually think this


somebody that didn't believe Obama was gonna make everything in their lives free
somebody that doesn't want to be forced to buy Obama's insurance
somebody who is "racist"
right?
oh, whats the matteR? i take the words out of your mouth?
call him racist, already, just get it over with...we know thats what you desperately want to do
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Frolex
05/21/17 8:07:35 PM
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Mal_Fet posted...
So Obama says in an interview that he reads Shakespeare because I guess he thinks it makes him sound smart to read material that middle schoolers learn, and Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.

You guys will bash Trump over literally anything.


You've really given up
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3rd_Best_Master
05/21/17 8:07:49 PM
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Mal_Fet posted...
So Obama says in an interview that he reads Shakespeare because I guess he thinks it makes him sound smart to read material that middle schoolers learn, and Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.

You guys will bash Trump over literally anything.

If you worked on your reading comprehension a bit he actually explains why he changed his mind on Shakespeare and how he came to appreciate his work. Ironic as fuck, Mal.
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Darmik
05/21/17 8:08:34 PM
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Mal_Fet posted...
Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.


lmao Trump's interview sounds like a parody making fun of him though.

"I like books!"
"Which ones?"
"Err...these ones!"
"Sir these are CNN books?"

No ordinary people don't bullshit about reading books. Most people are happy to admit they don't read books if they don't.
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weapon_d00d816
05/21/17 8:09:46 PM
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Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.
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Darmik
05/21/17 8:11:10 PM
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weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol
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KiwiTerraRizing
05/21/17 8:14:03 PM
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weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Only to dumb people who don't read
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Kolibri X
05/21/17 8:14:22 PM
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Maybe Obama should've read a book on economics instead.

No, Das Kapital doesn't count either.
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weapon_d00d816
05/21/17 8:15:26 PM
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Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol

It's not anti-intellectualism, it's called moderating your self-absorbedness.
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3rd_Best_Master
05/21/17 8:15:49 PM
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weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol

It's not anti-intellectualism, it's called moderating your self-absorbedness..

Most people call that speaking in full sentences.
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Darmik
05/21/17 8:16:02 PM
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weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol

It's not anti-intellectualism, it's called moderating your self-absorbedness.


Talking about books you read is being self absorbed?
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LotrMorgoth
05/21/17 8:17:29 PM
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how did reading become some elitist thing?

i just wonder what the actual fuck is going on right now that there are actually people who think this

i know the people posting it here are probably just messing around, but there are voting-eligible citizens who genuinely feel this way
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Iwin2013
05/21/17 8:18:03 PM
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Roxborough4Ever posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
Mal_Fet posted...
So Obama says in an interview that he reads Shakespeare because I guess he thinks it makes him sound smart to read material that middle schoolers learn, and Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.

You guys will bash Trump over literally anything.

is this real

how can someone actually think this


somebody that didn't believe Obama was gonna make everything in their lives free
somebody that doesn't want to be forced to buy Obama's insurance
somebody who is "racist"
right?
oh, whats the matteR? i take the words out of your mouth?
call him racist, already, just get it over with...we know thats what you desperately want to do


Burrnnnnnnn. Liberals, where is your video game heroes to come save you now, since you believe in them more than you believe there's a god?
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Waluigi7
05/21/17 8:19:16 PM
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Mal_Fet posted...
Trump talks like people do when they aren't reading off a teleprompter.

Nobody talks like that.
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weapon_d00d816
05/21/17 8:21:17 PM
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Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol

It's not anti-intellectualism, it's called moderating your self-absorbedness.


Talking about books you read is being self absorbed?

Ugh, stop with that.

No, it's not that he talked about it, but how.
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ASithLord7
05/21/17 8:21:25 PM
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Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol

It's not anti-intellectualism, it's called moderating your self-absorbedness.


Talking about books you read is being self absorbed?

Remember that weapon dropped out of community college because he was failing math and it was a "liberal brainwashing machine"
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3rd_Best_Master
05/21/17 8:21:49 PM
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weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol

It's not anti-intellectualism, it's called moderating your self-absorbedness.


Talking about books you read is being self absorbed?

Ugh, stop with that.

No, it's not that he talked about it, but how.

In full sentences?
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boxington
05/21/17 8:24:56 PM
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I don't get the criticism for Obama's responses.

like, he's directly answering the questions given to him; he's not going off on any tangents, or anything.
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Mr Sandbag
05/21/17 8:25:35 PM
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Darmik
05/21/17 8:28:46 PM
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3rd_Best_Master posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol

It's not anti-intellectualism, it's called moderating your self-absorbedness.


Talking about books you read is being self absorbed?

Ugh, stop with that.

No, it's not that he talked about it, but how.

In full sentences?


It's either this or maybe because he didn't talk about Harry Potter and Goosebumps.
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TheVipaGTS
05/21/17 8:28:47 PM
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Which book should I read give me a specific one..

"Oh yea I love books and reading"

Lmfao
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Darmik
05/21/17 8:30:37 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
Which book should I read give me a specific one..

"Oh yea I love books and reading"

Lmfao


It's hilarious that he pointed out the two books he literally just received from CNN. Even the journalist was flabbergasted.
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DifferentialEquation
05/21/17 8:32:47 PM
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boxington posted...
I don't get the criticism for Obama's responses.

like, he's directly answering the questions given to him; he's not going off on any tangents, or anything.


Obama gave a bullshit stock response for the sake of sounding like an intellectual.

Trump gave an honest answer and people are criticizing him because his taste in books is a little unconventional. Not to mention the reporter kept interrupting him.
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Pogo_Marimo
05/21/17 8:32:58 PM
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weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Darmik posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.


Yeah we really are in an anti-intellectual age aren't we? lol

It's not anti-intellectualism, it's called moderating your self-absorbedness.


Talking about books you read is being self absorbed?

Ugh, stop with that.

No, it's not that he talked about it, but how.

He... talked about what he likes about them in concise statements?
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ASithLord7
05/21/17 8:34:22 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
boxington posted...
I don't get the criticism for Obama's responses.

like, he's directly answering the questions given to him; he's not going off on any tangents, or anything.


Obama gave a bullshit stock response for the sake of sounding like an intellectual.

Trump gave an honest answer and people are criticizing him because his taste in books is a little unconventional. Not to mention the reporter kept interrupting him.

Not many people read Naipaul or even Morrison. "Stock" my ass.
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Darmik
05/21/17 8:36:37 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
Trump gave an honest answer and people are criticizing him because his taste in books is a little unconventional. Not to mention the reporter kept interrupting him.


Ohh so 'I like a lot of books' and 'I like reading books' are simply books that people haven't heard of.
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DifferentialEquation
05/21/17 8:39:41 PM
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Darmik posted...
DifferentialEquation posted...
Trump gave an honest answer and people are criticizing him because his taste in books is a little unconventional. Not to mention the reporter kept interrupting him.


Ohh so 'I like a lot of books' and 'I like reading books' are simply books that people haven't heard of.


He said that he had two books that CNN sent him.
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Axiom
05/21/17 8:41:16 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
Darmik posted...
DifferentialEquation posted...
Trump gave an honest answer and people are criticizing him because his taste in books is a little unconventional. Not to mention the reporter kept interrupting him.


Ohh so 'I like a lot of books' and 'I like reading books' are simply books that people haven't heard of.


He said that he had two books that CNN sent him.

I'm still not sure if you're a parody to make Trump and his ilk look bad or being completely serious
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Gravityfare
05/21/17 8:44:02 PM
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Hate to break it to you people; but Obama gave an answer just how any other intellectual Harvard guy talks. He is able to elaborate on why he enjoys those books the most. He doesn't just repeat 1-word adjectives "amazing book. amazing" while pointing to a nightstand.

I dunno if it's just because this is the new Normal - but generally if you're describing your favorite Album or artist or musician or athlete - you're able to say why and what it means to you and when it became your favorite not just point at a nightstand

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DifferentialEquation
05/21/17 8:49:07 PM
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By the way, here's your beloved "intellectual" of a president when his teleprompter is on the fritz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-66xJLd6Z0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxxxGUeZtno



Obama might sound dignified and eloquent when he's reading a speech that's right in front of him, but unlike Trump he can't shoot from the hip at all. That's a better measure of intelligence and Trump wins in that area.
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MakoReizei
05/21/17 8:51:38 PM
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weapon_d00d816 posted...
Obama's answer sounds like a douchey show-off answer.

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