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shake hands and kiss babies



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“You just want to shake hands and kiss babies and sign autographs and do all that stuff.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2022

When politicians run for office, they shake hands and kiss babies.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2015

“It’s a built-in retail opportunity to shake hands and kiss babies and all that stuff, and I was very surprised that he wasn’t there,” says Ken Martin, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party.

From Time • Sep. 10, 2012

He will shake hands and kiss babies and pose for photos for precisely six and a half minutes, through the Springsteen anthem and halfway into the Brooks & Dunn tune “Only in America.”

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2012




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