This is where I say something that a smart-alec at a party would no doubt disagree with, and then I triumph by having data to back it up.

我要说的话无疑会遭到在派对上自作聪明的人的反对。但我最终会胜利的，因为我有数据支持。

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But I appreciated Fred's smart-alec humor and cynicism, but I didn't really quite understand at the very beginning the depth of commitment and principal that Fred Thompson, in fact, possesses, and that's what I really want to talk about here.

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