When the president makes a list . . .

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President Barack Obama addresses the House Dem...
Smile, darn you, smile: President Barack Obama addresses the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

. . . bad things happen to high-profile participants in the political process.

What did Obama say in the 2008 primary campaign in Pennsylvania, To a knife fight, bring a gun? With a Pepsodent smile, too.

Civility, anyone?

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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