hothead, stooge, blindfold, clueless

"Nothing I heard provided me with any sense that either candidate possesses a clear appreciation of the situation facing the United States globally." - Military historian Andrew Bacevich

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At the Debate, Each Was Clueless on America's Place in the World

BILLMOYERS.COM

"Donald Trump said 'Jump,' and TV news said 'How high?'," writes media columnist Margaret Sullivan.

It’s time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump

Guess what, guys? You got played again.

WASHINGTONPOST.COM

Protesters portray Mr Ma as either a mainland stooge or as clueless and out of touch. In the occupied parliament, student caricatures give him antlers, a reference to a slip he once made when he appeared to suggest that the deer-antlers used in Chinese medicine were in fact hair from the animal’s ears.

There was, I’m pretty sure, an episode of “The Three Stooges” in which Curly kept banging his head against a wall. When Moe asked him why, he replied, “Because it feels so good when I stop.”

《活宝三人组》(The Three Stooges)里有一集，我记得相当清楚，科里(Curly)不停地用脑袋撞墙。莫(Moe)问他为什么那样，他回答：“这样一停下来感觉就特别好。”

Google: We're No NSA Stooge

...and we'll prove It if the Feds let us

The KMT likes to portray the DPP as dangerous hotheads who might force China to carry out its threat of invasion if Taiwan declares independence. The DPP paints the KMT as a party of Chinese stooges leading Taiwan blindfold towards absorption by the mainland.
國民黨常將民進黨描繪為危險人物，指出台灣獨立可能會迫使中國武力侵台；民進黨則常將民國黨描繪為中國的傀儡，魯莽地帶著台灣朝合併之路前行。

clueless

ˈkluːləs/

adjective

1. having no knowledge, understanding, or ability.

   "you're clueless about how to deal with the world"

blindfold
(blīnd'fōld')
tr.v., -fold·ed, -fold·ing, -folds.

1. To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage.
2. To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending.

n.

1. A bandage to cover the eyes.
2. Something that serves to obscure clear perception.

[From Middle English blindfolde, past participle of blindfellen, to strike blind, cover the eyes, from Old English geblindfellian : blind, blind; see blind + fellian, to strike down.]

blindfolded blind'fold'ed adj.

stooge

(stūj)
n.

1. The partner in a comedy team who feeds lines to the other comedian; a straight man.
2. One who allows oneself to be used for another's profit or advantage; a puppet.
3. Slang. A stool pigeon.

intr.v., stooged, stoog·ing, stoog·es.
To be a stooge or behave like one.

[Origin unknown.]

stooge

Pronunciation: /stuːdʒ/

Definition of stooge

noun

• 1 derogatory a subordinate used by another to do unpleasant routine work: party stooges put there to do a job on behalf of central office

• 2a performer whose act involves being the butt of a comedian’s jokes: the stooge is offstage

verb

[no object]

• 1 informal move about aimlessly; drift or cruise:she stooged around in the bathroom for a while

• 2 perform a role that involves being the butt of a comedian’s jokes: (as noun stooging)his accent became popular through his stooging for comedians

Origin:

early 20th century: of unknown origin

hothead

(hŏt'hĕd')
n.
A quick-tempered or impetuous person.