Exactly, Norm outs them as Dem ass-kissers with a few casual lines. Barbara Walters almost shits her depends in her eagerness to defend her friends, the Clintons. Norm was able to be subversive by being non-confrontational.
He wasn't a Republican, either. He gives them some shit, too.
Miss that guy. I have seen him systematically dismantle someone, linguistically, while seeming like he was dumb. But once you figure out what he's doing, you start to see it all the time.
I work in the business world and have to deal with assholes. I try to do what Norm does. I try to set people up to crash and burn while not saying much. It's hard work: Norm was legit a genius.
This is also a method of martial arts. Give your opponent an open target to lunge at, then you rotate or step back so that his own momentum carries him into a vulnerable off-balance position where you can strike.
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