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Politicians can state the obvious…
September 12, 2009 by TimHughes · Leave a Comment
The little tidbit shown in the photo appears in “Harper’s Weekly” of January 22, 1876.
Filed under: Harper's Weekly, Post Civil War, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: humor, politians, politics, public speaking