A Savvy Prediction
By Jesse Singal - Nov 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pmEric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune re-posts an old item from 2004:
Speaking to the Illinois delegation breakfast, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D.-Evanston) recalled a meeting she and other lawmakers had with President Bush in the White House in February.
As they were leaving, Schakowsky said, she pulled on her coat and Bush “literally jumped back and looked stricken” when he saw the “Obama” button.
Shakowsky said she explained that it wasn’t Osama but Obama, and that he was running in the U.S. Senate primary in Illinois.
Bush said, “I don’t know him,” according to Schakowsky.
“I said, `Oh, you will, Mr. President,’” she said.
Beautiful.
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