It was bugging me for a while--deliberately poor communication skills? I'd have said liberals tend to be good at talking, to a fault. But then I think I got it--I think it's just a mannerism.

I think many people would give the U.S. points for originality, audacity, as an early draft. But then there are many respectable reasons to favor some other working models.

Well, I suppose he was some pig, but still it was a funny exchange.