Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 19, 2008
We're seeing it again. Ugly phone calls, misleading ads, misleading TV ads, careless outrageous comments, all aimed at keeping us from working together, all aimed at stopping change.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama criticizes negative campaigning tactics used against him.

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