On the recordSeptember 15, 2021
If you wanted to get things done, you got to talk the language to people talk, not the language that they're talking faculty lounge in some totally expensive college.
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transcripts.cnn.comJames Carville: “If you wanted to get things done, you got to talk the language to people talk, not the language that they're talking…”
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James Carville argues that effective communication in politics requires speaking in a way that resonates with the general public rather than using academic jargon.
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