It is alleged that Cato the Elder ended all of his speeches before the Roman Senate in the 2nd century BC with the words “Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam (moreover, I consider that Carthage must be destroyed), generally abbreviated as “Carthago delenda est” (Carthage must be destroyed). Rhetoric was significantly more powerful in those days.
At this point we’re basically at the level of “Oh, yeah?”
Oh, yeah is good by today’s standards. Too often all I see is blah, blah, blah Nancy Pelosi. Or, blah, blah, blah Koch brothers.
Steve