McCain: "Great Progress Economically" under Bush


	McCain: "Great Progress Economically" under Bush

masbury

4-19-2008 12:12 AM

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mccain, politics, economy

masbury says:

We were ... waist deep in the Big Muddy ... [I think I might start calling him "Big Muddy"]

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