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Barack Obama: “I suppose, if you have got seven, maybe eight, houses, the economy looks fundamentally sound to you.”

On the recordAugust 20, 2008
I suppose, if you have got seven, maybe eight, houses, the economy looks fundamentally sound to you.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama critiques John McCain's perspective on the economy based on his multiple properties.

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