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political football
A political football is a topic or issue that is seized on by opposing political parties or factions, and made a more political issue than it might initially seem to be. "To make a political football" (of something ) is defined in William Safire's ''Safire's Political Dictionary'' as "To thrust a social, national security, or otherwise ostensibly non-political matter into partisan politics". In 1953 the gangster Lucky Luciano complained in an interview to Safire that "I been a political football".〔Safire, 555〕
A less-used meaning, is a political issue that is continually debated but left unresolved. The term is often used during a political election campaign to highlight issues that have not been completely addressed, such as the natural environment and abortion.
==History==
The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' has English examples of the use of "football" (the ball not the game) in a figurative sense for something helplessly tossed around by others as early as the 16th century, for example from about 1600 "I am the verye foote-ball of the starres". The phrase is used by the ''Bangor, Maine Bangor () Whig and Courier'' in 1857.〔Safire, 555〕 The American cartoon illustrated, from the time of President Harrison in 1889, shows a clear visual illustration of the metaphor, without using the actual phrase. It is now equally popular in other English-speaking countries, where the association is naturally with association football ("soccer") or whatever the predominant local form of football is.
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