61.   Today, besides being a masterpiece, it is a political football.

62.   We have all heard of political football, but this is getting ridiculous.

63.   While White handled the political football, Thompson galvanized the populace.

64.   With that in mind, I am urging David Stern and Billy Hunter to stop treating this very sensitive and complex issue as a political football.

65.   You hate to see the issue become a political football, partly because no one wants to be accused of mixing a metaphor.

66.   And House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri said the president had turned Medicare into a political football.

67.   But Pascual flatly denied allegations that Ukraine is a political football between its two partners.

68.   Chief Justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang made it clear the courts were not a political football.

69.   Heading into the quarterfinals, the Asian Cup truly is turning into political football.

70.   Many issues of science lack absolute certainty and can become political footballs.