Hey---I wrote a speech that was inspired from a conversation I had with a friend--what do you think?

[trumad]

I was talking to a friend of mine Friday about what I was writing for my speech and he suggested I make this point, expressing it in a cogent -- and I assumed spontaneous -- way and I wanted to weave the idea into my into my speech.

So here it is-- tell me what you think?

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

[Warpy]

1. Needs work

For one thing, it's been a lot longer than four score and seven.

For another, yesterday's eloquence seems stilted today. There are too many big words. Keep 'em under two syllables.

Lincoln was such an elitist.

[Buzz Clik]

2. It sucks. And this country is older than 87 years.