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Auction Block: The Inaug Shop

By Eric Angevine

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

We're not sure when a sporting background became so important to presidential aspirations. Maybe it really isn't. The Kennedys projected relaxed American athleticism in their famous touch football games. Such visual appeal tied in nicely with the burgeoning number of television sets in homes across the nation. It might just be raw visual appeal. After that, however, the necessity of a sports affiliation still didn't take hold. Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter were elected with ...

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