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grumpyduck

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4. Awesome speech, but

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2020, 11:21 PM

Aug 2020

I wish he had put a little more emphasis on the 170,000 people who died. That's not just a number. That's a lot of lives gone and a tragedy to 170,000 families. We are totally losing perspective on this. This number is unacceptable.

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President Barack Obama's 2020 Democratic National Convention Speech -- Full Transcript [View all] ancianita Aug 2020 OP

K&r DesertRat Aug 2020 #1

A must read. dalton99a Aug 2020 #2

Truly. Words matter. ancianita Aug 2020 #3

Awesome speech, but grumpyduck Aug 2020 #4

Thank you for posting both the transcript and video. dmr Aug 2020 #5

You're welcome. ancianita Aug 2020 #6

Thanx for posting JohnnyRingo Aug 2020 #7

Welcome. ancianita Aug 2020 #8

Wednesday night was very, very special ... Auggie Aug 2020 #9

Pundits are comparing this favorably with Lincoln's Gettysburg Address bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #10

This is the hard, cold truth. ancianita Aug 2020 #11