How tempting it is, to use the birthday of a famous figure like Benjamin Franklin to bemoan the present day!
How very easy it would be to use Franklin’s birthday to write unflattering comparisons of this famous son of Boston and President Obama, or Harry Reid, or Jeb Bush, or John Boehner – or between Franklin and almost any contemporary US political figure.
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