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Last February, an article with the simple, yet provocative title, "Democracy is a Good Thing," caused a small sensation, becoming one of the most talked about and blogged subjects on the Internet in China. While hardly blind to democracy's flaws (democracy "often affords opportunities for certain sweet-talking political fraudsters to mislead the people"), the author's general approval of democracy sounded like he was channeling Churchill.

What does channeling Churchill mean? Saying the words Churchill would say? Any history of this usage?

Thanks a million.