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Atticus

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1. JFK once hosted a White House dinner for some of the brightest minds in the nation. He commented:

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed Jul 5, 2017, 07:02 PM

Jul 2017

“This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”

He was 83 when he wrote that letter and it is much more lucid, grammatical and meaningful than anything Trump has ever tweeted.

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JFK once hosted a White House dinner for some of the brightest minds in the nation. He commented: Atticus Jul 2017 #1

he assumed that all KT2000 Jul 2017 #2