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Barack Obama: I said in 2008, I'm not a perfect man and I will not be a perfect President.

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
I said in 2008, I'm not a perfect man and I will not be a perfect President.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at an Obama Victory Fund 2012 Fundraiser in San Francisco

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