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James Carville: “I think that anybody would -- anybody that does math would say that that's pretty good. I think, under the…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2009
I think that anybody would -- anybody that does math would say that that's pretty good. I think, under the administration of George W. Bush, we lost more jobs than probably any president in modern American history.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville defends the current administration's job loss record compared to that of George W. Bush.

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