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Thread #134861 Message #3071487
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
10-Jan-11 - 01:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Toning it down'...
Subject: RE: BS: 'Toning it down'...
Probably said already, but 19th c. rhetoric much worse. Libel laws may have something to do with it.
Chase down some of the speeches by Andrew Jackson and David Crockett.