Ditzy Pelosi

No matter what I think of Nancy Pelosi's politics, dentures or facelifts, I always assumed that she spoke, or at least understood, basic English. But not anymore. A Wall Street Journal opinion piece in today's paper reports the following statement made by Speaker Pelosi concerning the Muslim Congresswoman accused of racist comments regarding Israel: "Rep. Omar's words were not intended in an anti-Semitic way. She merely has a different experience in the use of words and doesn't understand that some of them are fraught with meaning."

Huh? Just some of them are fraught with meaning? What about all the rest? What are they fraught with? Peanut butter? Marshmallow fluff? Blood sausage? Bean beetles? Duck down? Hot air? Obviously I could go on.

Confused, I looked up the word "fraught" and found it indicates something is "full of, filled with, brimming with," and more like that. Then I looked up "word" and found this: "a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing." Then I looked up "meaning" and found this: "what is meant; implied or explicit significance."

Then I looked up "Speaker of the House" and found this: "One of the most visible and influential officials of the federal government, the Speaker is second in line, after the vice president, in succession to the presidency." 

Apparently Trump is not our only problem.