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To: ProgressingAmerica

The classic Coolidge anecdote:

President Calvin Coolidge was known as “Silent Cal” because of his extraordinarily laconic speech. A famous anecdote tells of a dinner party during which the person sitting adjacent to the Coolidge said: “Mr. President I’ve made a large bet that I would be able to make you say more than two words.” Coolidge considered this proposition carefully and then replied slowly and emphatically, “You lose.”


4 posted on 07/30/2025 7:57:43 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: Stosh

Lol that’s a great story.


10 posted on 07/30/2025 8:18:23 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Stosh

Upon hearing the news that Calvin Cooledge died, Dorothy Parker quipped “How could they tell?”


11 posted on 07/30/2025 8:38:48 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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