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"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama." |
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"For what we spend in just one week in Iraq, 800,000 children could get health insurance for an entire year." |
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"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place." |
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"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama." |
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"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga." |
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Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no." |
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Obama thinks the national anthem should be "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing." |
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Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses." |
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"McCain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB fund, once as one of only 14 senators." |
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During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Clintons brought the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to the White House for "spiritual counseling." |
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