Barack Obama said "I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing that town tell us we can't." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 14, 2007

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing that town tell us we can't.

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Obama voicing frustration with the defeatist attitude in Washington.

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