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Barney Frank: “As I listened to my friend from California, I was struck as he excoriated the President's program, that in his metaphor…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2008
As I listened to my friend from California, I was struck as he excoriated the President's program, that in his metaphor he seemed to think the President can't tell one body part from another, which is a troubling thing.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing a colleague's remarks on the President's program during a floor debate.

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