All cattle, no hat

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LeafByNiggle said:
He simply misspoke. He meant to say " all hat, no cattle", which means exactly what he wanted to say.
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Maybe. But maybe his speech writer got it wrong because he/she didn’t know any better, and Schumer just read it through without reflecting on why it didn’t make sense.
 
Raxus said:
(He doesn’t seem too bright, poor fella.)
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Actually, I think Chuck is a pretty bright guy, after all, we all know who he is. Most of us couldn’t name the senators from Idaho without looking it up, but we know who Chuck is.
 
Ridgerunner said:
Maybe. But maybe his speech writer got it wrong because he/she didn’t know any better, and Schumer just read it through without reflecting on why it didn’t make sense.
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Or he could have just mixed the words up. That can happen to the brightest. Our priest did that a couple weeks back, he transposed two words that totally reversed their meaning. And he is a very bright, young, orthodox priest.
 
stinkcat_14 said:
Or he could have just mixed the words up. That can happen to the brightest. Our priest did that a couple weeks back, he transposed two words that totally reversed their meaning. And he is a very bright, young, orthodox priest.
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Covfefe comes to mind.
 
“All cattle, no hat …” is one of the most enjoyable quotes I’ve heard from a Democrat.

They’re having a better week warning us about the evils of Communist Dictators and their human rights abuses. It is a. pleasant surprise when people you usually disagree with start making sense.

All cattle no hat … analogous to:
… all substance, no style?

I’d endure a lack of style to get substance like … a nuclear free Korea (or Iran, etc). 😃
 
stinkcat_14 said:
Or he could have just mixed the words up. That can happen to the brightest. Our priest did that a couple weeks back, he transposed two words that totally reversed their meaning. And he is a very bright, young, orthodox priest.
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Which is more than likely.

He probably actually meant “All Hat, No Cattle”

That in itself is a phrase that has been around:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/all_hat_and_no_cattle
Alternative forms[edit]
big hat, no cattle

Adjective[edit]

all hat and no cattle
1.(US, idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious. [quotations ▼]

Synonyms[edit]
all bark and no bite; all bluff and bluster; all booster, no payload; all crown, no filling; all foam, no beer; all ham, no let; all hammer, no nail; all icing, no cake; all lime and salt, no tequila; all mouth and no trousers; all mouth and trousers; all shot, no powder; all sizzle and no steak; all talk; all talk and no action; all wax and no wick; all motion and no meat; all show, no go
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CaptFun said:
I’d endure a lack of style to get substance like … a nuclear free Korea (or Iran, etc). 😃
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BBBB bu bu but,
Now is the time to focus on human rights abuses.
It should not wait till they’ve opened up a bit, and we have some leverage.
 
👍 Lol.

This is win-win. Yes. Be wary of Communist Dictators bearing gifts. On the other hand nurture whatever spark of decency, good sense, and good judgement comes out of such an adversary and welcome their sincere conversion(s) if or when they happen.

Such warnings from that side of the aisle are refreshing after hearing a half century worth of their apologies or equivalency statements on their behalf every time the Communists did something unconscionable.

😰 B-but but … America is JUST as ba-ad! 😭
 
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Ha! I didn’t think about it that way, but compared to Obama, Trump really is “all substance, no style”. But I’m sure Schumer didn’t intend it.
 
Yeah … Chuck wants to use a cute local folksy expression to demonstrate his literacy and familiarity… Chuck, get it right.
 
MonteRCMS said:
Yeah … Chuck wants to use a cute local folksy expression to demonstrate his literacy and familiarity… Chuck, get it right.
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Or perhaps Chuck got it wrong on purpose. If Chuck got it right, it would have been totally ignored. But Chuck screws up and we are talking about him and this trivial issue two days later. Knowing how much of a publicity hound Chuck is, it may just be that Chuck is much smarter than we give him credit for.
 
So you think Chuck is playing 3D chess while we are playing 2D chess?
 
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