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On the recordJuly 29, 2008
He's spending an awful lot of time talking about me. You know what I'm saying? I haven't seen an ad yet where he talks about what he's going to do. And so the only way they figure they're going to win this election is that they make you scared of me.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama responds to McCain's negative campaign ads.

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