Looks Like a Duck to Me
Applying the “Duck Test"
Remember the old saying “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”? This phrase is known as the “Duck Test”. According to Wikipedia, the test “implies that a person can identify an unknown subject by observing that subject's habitual characteristics.” It is a way of stating that something is as it appears to be.
This saying works in a lot of situations.
Like bribes.
bribe: noun
money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust
Let’s say I am a supposedly wealthy President of the United States. Let’s also stipulate that I am a corrupt criminal, who has 34 felony convictions on my record. Let’s also say I am such a terrible businessman, I have filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy six times for my companies, including several casinos whose games are rigged in favor of the house and still I ran them into bankruptcy. Oh, and let’s make one other stipulation: that I am a raging narcissist, consumed by greed, power, and money.
Then let’s say a foreign country with known financial ties to extremist groups and who allegedly supports regional terrorist networks in the Middle East, and who has business dealings with my morally deficient sons, and is well known for seeking to buy influence with its oil riches, wants to give me, the President of the United States, a “gift” purely out of the goodness of their hearts.
Guess who I am?
Good guess.
Accepting an expensive airplane as a “gift” from Qatar certainly reeks of bribery. Why else would they be giving an airplane to the President of the United States, except to curry his favor and to guarantee access to him? It should be cause for alarm that countries around the world see the President of the United States as someone who is so easily manipulated and compromised.
Sure, they’re trying to make it seem legit by technically gifting the plane to the Pentagon, and then saying it will go eventually to the Convicted Felon’s Presidential Library. Like that makes it less bribe-istic.
Come on. Only a complete moron could not identify this as an obvious scam. Even some Republican toady cultists in Congress have called this what it is. If it looks like a bribe to a member of Congress . . .
Oh, that’s a duck, all right.
Let’s apply the “duck test” to a few other words that have been used in relation to the current occupant of the White House.
Venal.
venal: adjective
showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery
See above.
The verdict? Obviously a duck.
Reprobate.
reprobate: noun
a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person
I guess this one is too easy. What else would you call someone who is: a sex offender, a convicted felon, a serial adulterer, a scammer, a grifter, a person who has no redeeming qualities whatsoever?
Well, in America’s case, you’d call him President of the United States, much to our everlasting shame and embarrassment.
No decoy there, that’s a real duck.
Imbecile.
imbecile: noun
mentally deficient; feeble-minded; stupid or senseless
Oh, man, there are so many examples of this guy’s imbecility. Like, remember when the Moron-in-Chief speculated about injecting people with bleach to kill the covid virus? Remember when he accused immigrants of eating dogs in Ohio? Remember when he bragged he would end the war in Ukraine on “day one” if not before? Remember when he said George Washington’s Continental Army took over the airports? Remember when he suggested we should nuke hurricanes?
Only people who are not very bright feel the need to brag about how smart they are.
Yes, that quacking sound is from a duck.
Incoherent.
incoherent: adjective
spoken or written language expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear
Recently, Stephen A Smith asked the Liar-in-Chief what he would say to those who thought his battle with Harvard University over threats to cut off all federal funding to Harvard was “an attack on academic freedom, rather than a defense of fairness.”
This was President Zero’s response:
“Well, I say this. We had riots in Harlem, in Harlem, and frankly if you look at what’s gone on—and people from Harlem went up and they protested, Stephen, and they protested very strongly against Harvard. They happened to be on my side”.
“You know I got a very high Black vote. You know that? Very, very high Black vote. It was a very great compliment to me.”
What??
The question had nothing to do with Harlem or the Black vote. Stephen A Smith happens to be Black, so automatically the Liar’s mind went to . . . Harlem?
Of course, this is nothing new. He has long been unable to comprehend a direct question, or give a thoughtful, understandable answer. On the campaign trail, the Convicted Felon often rambled incoherently, making little sense and confusing the hell out of everyone. Yet, he got a pass and Biden was the one who was cognitively impaired.
Duck à l’Orange, anyone?
Criminal.
criminal: noun
a person who has committed a crime
This one is indisputable. Everyone knows the Orange Idiot was convicted of 34 felonies. Which makes him a criminal. Like it or not, that’s what he is.
A mallard by any other name, is still a duck.
Insurrectionist.
insurrectionist: noun
a person who engages in or supports a rebellion against a government in power or the civil authorities
I do not intend to do a full rehash of the events of January 6, 2021. We all know what happened. The soon to be former President of the United States lied about his election defeat being rigged, and he egged on his brain-dead supporters to go to the Capitol to protest a procedural vote by the Congress affirming that defeat. A riot ensued and people died while the President enjoyed the spectacle on TV.
The disgraced outgoing President was never convicted of any crime related to the events of January 6th. But, we know a lot about what he did and did not do.
Maybe Joe Biden thought it was best for the nation to put the four previous nightmarish years behind us. Maybe he thought an aggressive prosecution of a former President would be seen as too partisan and vindictive toward a political opponent. Maybe he thought the orange stain on America would simply fade away.
Maybe one of Joe Biden’s biggest mistakes was not forcing his predecessor to account for his actions on January 6th in a court of law.
A duck. No question about it.
Blowhard.
blowhard: noun
a person who blusters and boasts in an unpleasant way
This is another easy one. President Zero is always bragging about something. During his campaigns, he was obsessed with crowd sizes, both his and those of his opponents. Often on social media, his ridiculous boasts about attendance at his rallies were easily disproved with photos of empty seats or of people streaming out.
The guy is compulsive about it. Everything he does is “the biggest ever seen”, “never been done before”, “the greatest in history”. And, according to him, he is always right and never wrong.
Always and never. That tells you all you need to know, right there.
Look, it’s Donald Duck!
There are plenty of words that can be used to describe the Criminal-in-Chief. Applying the “duck test” to them should remove all doubt as to what he is.
Unfortunately.
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Hi Norm,
Yes, it is very gratifying to write something that is well crafted. I think we probably take it for granted that writing well is a skill.
Take care.
Hi Norm,
I'm a word nerd, so I appreciate your lessons in vocabulary. I also appreciated all the duck imagery. It's very fitting. My favorite was duck a l'orange. That is the best.
This follows right after the T.A.C.O. memes -Trump Always Chickens Out, referring to the tariffs.
There is no end to the corruption this guy is capable of. How anybody would be loyal to this clown is shameful. I wonder what it's going to take to get people to wake up and realize they've all been conned.
Thanks for the laugh. Your posts always make my day. Have a great weekend!