First catholic president but he was the first catholic nominee for president. This dinner, which is a benefit for Catholic Charities here in new york city, has ended up becoming a really important thing in american president ial politics. Honestly, the biggest reason it is really important is because of its timing. There are other dinners like this. The gridiron dinner in washington or the alfalfa dinner or the correspondence dinner. There are other dinners that are fancy politics proms, essentially. Where you get a sitting president or very highlevel politician showing up in tuxedos and gowns and telling jokes and sharing stages with people they otherwise would not be sharing stages with. That happens. Right . There are those events in washington and elsewhere around the country. But this one that you are looking at right here is different. Because this one happens now. A couple of weeks before the election. And its always timed like that. Every time. And traditionally, both president
Herbert hoover in the 1928 election so al smith was not the first catholic president but he was the first catholic nominee for president. This dinner, which is a benefit for Catholic Charities here in new york city, has ended up becoming a really important thing in american president ial politics. Honestly, the biggest reason it is really important is because of its timing. There are other dinners like this. The gridiron dinner in washington or the alfalfa dinner or the correspondence dinner. There are other dinners that are fancy politics proms, essentially. Where you get a sitting president or very highlevel politician showing up in tuxedos and gowns and telling jokes and sharing stages with people they otherwise would not be sharing stages with. That happens. Right . There are those events in washington and elsewhere around the country. But this one that you are looking at right here is different. Because this one happens now. A couple of weeks before the election. And its always ti
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