Barack Obama: “We are living through a terrible recession, the worst economy in more than 50 years.”

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

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