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Barack Obama: “John McCain, who says he's a maverick, he's been resorting to the same old politics. He hired all these folks who used…”

On the recordAugust 20, 2008
John McCain, who says he's a maverick, he's been resorting to the same old politics. He hired all these folks who used to work for Karl Rove, and there's nothing new about what he's doing, because we've saw it four years ago, eight years ago, 12 years ago, 16 years ago, 20 years ago.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama criticizes McCain for not being innovative and relying on past political strategies.

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