On the recordAugust 30, 2011
It's not the Barack Obama's fault that we have these got an awful Bush deficit and it's certainly not the fault of the people who are hit by a hurricane.
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transcripts.cnn.comPaul Begala: “It's not the Barack Obama's fault that we have these got an awful Bush deficit and it's certainly not the fault of the…”
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Begala defends President Obama against accusations regarding the deficit in the context of disaster relief.
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