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On the recordAugust 3, 2010
It's 41 percent of Republicans. Forty-one percent who believe that President Obama was not born in America. Now he was. It's a fact. It's indisputable.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala discusses the belief among Republicans regarding President Obama's birthplace.

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