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I'm trying to put the ridiculousness to bed. The president of the United States is the president of the United States.

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Chris Matthews
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 17
Commentator
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Philadelphia
Christopher John Matthews
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[ John F.Kennedy's friend] Chuck Spalding at the wedding said Jack was two guys: the groom and somebody else observing from a distance. ... It must have been maddening to be married to a guy like that, but you could at the same time argue that characteristic kept the world from being blown up.
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