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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:03 PM
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Hey, Greg. Watching a series about Winston Churchill on Prime Video. Hard to fathom that England would most likely run him out of town if he were in power today.
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:06 PM
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Hi, Mick.
He pretty much got run out of town shortly after the war, didn't he? Almost a pariah near the end, if I recall.
Margaret Thatcher wouldn't last long either, I think.
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by QC
Hi, Mick.
He pretty much got run out of town shortly after the war, didn't he? Almost a pariah near the end, if I recall.
Margaret Thatcher wouldn't last long either, I think.
Yes, he did. Seems the plain spoken and politics are often a poor match.
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by OKMICK
Yes, he did. Seems the plain spoken and politics are often a poor match.
The prophecy fulfilled again.....

https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...-grader-121340
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by gs34doc
sigh....if we only had an agenda!!
**** Doc , sorry if I knew we needed an agenda I would have put it on the agenda.
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by rwhisen
I find him hard to listen to sometimes, as much as I like his message. I do like that he speaks his mind.
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by rwhisen
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Then you can be the prez. who comes up with this ..........nevermind.
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by OKMICK
Yes, he did. Seems the plain spoken and politics are often a poor match.
Unfortunately.
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by OGMarkwood
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Then you can be the prez. who comes up with this ..........nevermind.
Everyone has heard of Trump, Jack Shafer not so much.
 
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Old 11-22-2019 | 10:34 PM
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Mick, another one that got jettisoned quickly was Hugh Dowding, the architect of the fighter defense during the Battle of Britain. He was gone before the year was out after the Battle. Another headstrong and plain spoken man.
 


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