Word: ineptness
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...first time, Americans saw the President without his advisers or his TelePrompTer. The result was not encouraging. He came across as inept, uninformed and confused...
...inept security around our Beirut embassy continues to amaze me. A child would know the solution. Dig a 6-ft. trench across the roadway. Add a drawbridge and keep it open. Any terrorist vehicle without wings would bury itself in he hole and selfdestruct. A day's work should...
...commodities as oil, gold, aluminum, sulfur and sugar. But the FBI, apparently tipped off by a group of Texas oil traders, had begun looking into Rich's dealings and was soon joined by agents of the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service and Customs Service. Rich's often inept efforts to stonewall the probe took on a burlesque quality. His company refused to turn over documents to a grand jury, provoking $50,000-a-day contempt-of-court fines that messengers dutifully delivered to court each week. The payments eventually totaled $21 million...
...campaign, Ferraro appears to be winning in the field, Bush on paper. The Democrat has drawn large, enthusiastic crowds. Her quick-footedness has served her well. Bush, meanwhile, is surprisingly inept as a campaigner. His earnest speeches seldom excite even the smallish Republican crowds he usually addresses, and he sometimes reacts badly to the to-and-fro of daily campaigning. Yet according to public opinion polls, the Vice President, with his 18 years of solid national experience, is much more highly regarded than his Democratic counterpart. A New York Times/CBS News poll released Sunday found that 47% of voters view...
Your attempt to portray Reagan as a bumbling, inept "twinkly uncle" insults our intelligence...