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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 01 > Attacks on Obama produce echoes of another campaign

Attacks on Obama produce echoes of another campaign

The year was 1928, and the candidate was Alfred Smith, a Roman Catholic

By Samuel G. Freedman / The Bulletin
November 1, 2008

During the presidential campaign of 1928, a photograph began circulating in rural areas of the Southwest showing Alfred Smith shaking hands with a fellow politician on the roadway of a tunnel. The image depicted Smith as he was officially opening the Holland Tunnel, which had been built during....

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