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Winston Churchill's Grandson on Brexit (C-SPAN) (Original Post) nycbos Sep 2019 OP
Well worth the time to watch. Obviously the colonists (USA) lost a bit of elocutionary skills erronis Sep 2019 #1

erronis

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1. Well worth the time to watch. Obviously the colonists (USA) lost a bit of elocutionary skills
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 01:34 PM
Sep 2019

when breaking away.

For quite a while our Revolutionary ancestors were able to hold forth as if they were well-educated.

But with recent examples of Nunes, McCarthy, Lee, Jordan, Cheney, etc. the devolution of critical thinking ability and language skills has been precipitous. Hell, even Gingrich new how to speak, altho with forked tongues.

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