Why presidents should avoid talking about football

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Obama’s been in the news the last few days for his phone call supporting Michael Vick’s return to quarterbacking, following Vick’s conviction for dogfighting. Tevi Troy, Hudson Institute scholar and author of Intellectuals and the American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians?,  has an amusing piece on the starcrossed history of presidents and football:

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