Transcript of Speech from Reid's Granpda in 1940

Ever wonder how Reid developed his perverse perspective on life? I now believe it is hereditary.

These are the words of his Grandpa back in 1940:

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

By Tony Blankley

Published September 13, 2006

LONDON, 18 June 1940. -- The following are the chamber remarks of the fictional Lord Harold Reid (whose fictional grandson, in the 21st century would become leader of the fictional Democratic Party in the U.S. Senate).

I regret to have to stand up tonight, on the day of defeat at the hands of the Germans of our French ally's armies at Sedan and on the Meuse River to observe that on this solemn occasion Prime Minister Winston Churchill has chosen to politicize and cheapen the moment. Permit me to perform just a brief exegesis of his speech, which his right-wing Press Baron friend Lord Murdoch has quickly labeled "The Finest Hour" speech in the London Times.

Right out the gate Churchill starts making political excuses when he says: "There are many who would hold an inquest in the House of Commons on the conduct of the Governments...This would be a foolish and pernicious process...Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future."
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