Carolina QuotesToo many Republicans treat English as a second language, with Beltway lingo being their native tongue.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
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Syndicated column, retrieved from The Tuscaloosa News, December 13, 1996.
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- 1980s–1990s
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- 1996
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