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John McCain: I'm proud of my supporters. I'm proud of the people that come and proud of those veterans that served their country and…

On the recordOctober 12, 2008
I'm proud of my supporters. I'm proud of the people that come and proud of those veterans that served their country and come to my rallies and fire me up, I love them. And for anybody to intimate that overwhelming 99.99 percent is anything but patriotic and good Americans is frankly unacceptable. And I won't stand for it.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain defends his supporters against negative perceptions.

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