What is a LEPO?
Posted by Steven-Wells 8 years, 7 months ago to News
Written speech and verbal speech are not the same. Presidential candidate Gary Johnson was questioned recently:
“What would you do if you were elected about a “LEPO”?
About?
“A LEPO”
And what is a “LEPO”.
That’s what he heard. Listen to the question. That’s what I heard, too. Unlike Governor Johnson, I did recognize that the question was about the struggles at the Syrian hell-hole.
For someone who may not be familiar with Syrian geography or the whole country’s current atrocities, it’s hard to make sense of the verbal question.
In print, “What would you do if you were elected about “Aleppo”? would have been a lot clearer.
Okay, he’s not quite as familiar with that mess as he should be. But what would Stein, Trump, or Clinton provide as the magic answer to solve Syria? Anything better than Nobama’s “solution”? Lest we forget, that was to draw a spurious red line, and then go golfing.
The media is dancing on Governor Johnson’s head about this gaffe. That includes a smug commentator on a media show who derided Johnson for his ignorance about the Syrian capital. However, the capital is Damascus, not Aleppo, though both are currently hubs of horror.
“What would you do if you were elected about a “LEPO”?
About?
“A LEPO”
And what is a “LEPO”.
That’s what he heard. Listen to the question. That’s what I heard, too. Unlike Governor Johnson, I did recognize that the question was about the struggles at the Syrian hell-hole.
For someone who may not be familiar with Syrian geography or the whole country’s current atrocities, it’s hard to make sense of the verbal question.
In print, “What would you do if you were elected about “Aleppo”? would have been a lot clearer.
Okay, he’s not quite as familiar with that mess as he should be. But what would Stein, Trump, or Clinton provide as the magic answer to solve Syria? Anything better than Nobama’s “solution”? Lest we forget, that was to draw a spurious red line, and then go golfing.
The media is dancing on Governor Johnson’s head about this gaffe. That includes a smug commentator on a media show who derided Johnson for his ignorance about the Syrian capital. However, the capital is Damascus, not Aleppo, though both are currently hubs of horror.
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But our president really doesn't need to know what Aleppo is, because we don't need to be there!
1) Hillary
2) Trump, and
3) I'm fine with whoever everyone else chooses, whether 1 or 2..
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epol...
Talk about what the Trump campaign may think of the "gotcha" is a wily deflection from who the media really hopes will--cough! cough!--benefit.
Putting myself in the same situation I probably would have responded, "You know what? I am much more worried about our own country's problems. We cannot afford to continue to carry the entire world's burdens on our shoulders. Not saying we cannot send aid, but the middle east has to figure out how to take care of itself..."
And that is why I would never be elected for anything...
I didn't know what Aleppo was either, until reminded. This is a misleading criticism, irrelevant to his suitability.
BTW, you can see Russia from Alaska. The Diomede Islands are only ~2.5 miles apart. Big Diomede is Russian, and little Diomede is US. they are separated by the date line, so Big Diomede is called "Tommorow Island". The water between often freezes, and you can walk between them, with a nice spring jacket on.
The statists are scared shitless that truth will finally be heard in a presidential debate from a candidate that is not controlled by power madness and who has everything to gain and has nothing to lose by telling the truth.
Anyone who uses speech recognition software learns that what prints isn’t always what you say, and even humans don’t capture unfamiliar words correctly. Years ago, I edited a major software company’s CEO interview for publication. I received a transcription from audio tape by a person who transcribes courtroom testimony. I snagged at, “Our current software development is calm and oily.” Huh?! Maybe that sounds right for law and politics, but not for computers. I read that text out loud, and it was obvious; published as, “Our current software development is COM and OLE.” Component (or Common) Object Model and Object Linking and Embedding. So, what is a LEPO?