I am sincerely curious as to what other DUers think in this regard...
I was driving to work this morning and listening to Morning Joe, and Chuck Rosenberg came on. That you understand I was listening not watching. I have found that they are two entirely different experiences.
I can best describe Mr. Rosenberg’s answer to a legal question when asked by Mika as thus in simplistic terms:
Question: “What is a synonym for miscreant?”
Answer: “ As you know, there are 26 letters in the alphabet. Some of those letters are used more than others, such as S, T, M, E and the like. I believe we can agree. Then, there are other letters which are used less frequently, such as X, Q, Z, and sometimes Y. Many of these letters are combined to form words which are then used in sentences, which may then be segregated within paragraphs. Now you need to be cautious because there are also entities called diphthongs, which differ from letters, but have a particular sound, and although one may think that one has mastered a fair combination of words, such that one can express oneself, it remains to be seen as to whether people truly understand them in the figurative, literal, and hypothetical senses. I have had experiences wherein I myself have searched for a word, and was unable to identify it promptly, leading to my difficulty in expressing my thought. This, of course, is not unusual, and has been a subject of many psychologists, psychiatrists, and those who analyze behavior for a living. That being said, it does not necessarily secure a conviction of another individual that I am incapable of expressing myself and, of course, they are entitled to their opinion, but history proves in most cases that the individual is simply distracted, as writers block, or is dissatisfied with his or her initial selection of verbiage.”
What I’m trying to say is that he restated when asked a question about a hypothetical outcome, all the facts which are known, ad nauseam, and, of course, never answered her question, because he was busy, giving us a brief, or not so brief, history lesson telling the audience what they already know.
If I am mistaken, please tell me. Perhaps I expect too much from people.
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..I usually believe that the individual simply has no correct answer (that they think is valid)
so they side-step and go down another path.
The scientific term is notaclue. 
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