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![Obama calls Eagles, says Vick deserved 2nd chanceDo you think he'll call Betty Ford next to give them the thumbs up on Lindsay Lo?! President Obama made a surprise call to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, praising him and the team for taking on Michael Vick after he was released from 21 months in jail for running a dog fighting ring.[The owner] told me that the president was passionate about the fact that it’s rarely a level playing field for prisoners once they leave jail, said NBC's Peter King, who reported on the call Sunday. And he said the message was, what the Eagles had done with Vick was important for society ... giving him a second chance.”RELATED: What would Bo think?! A look at pols and animals](http://static.powerwall.com/image/powerwall/NDU4ODYyOTRiMjhjYmZmYmYyMGJjZWI0ZTBmZDQxNGIvT3JpZ2luYWwvMzYyMzBfT3JpZ2luYWwuanBn/36230-original.jpg)
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Do you think he'll call Betty Ford next to give them the thumbs up on Lindsay Lo?! President Obama made a surprise call to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, praising him and the team for taking on Michael Vick after he was released from 21 months in jail for running a dog fighting ring.
"[The owner] told me that the president was passionate about the fact that it’s rarely a level playing field for prisoners once they leave jail," said NBC's Peter King, who reported on the call Sunday. "And he said the message was, what the Eagles had done with Vick was important for society ... giving him a second chance.”
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