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Obama’s Connection to Raines
Posted on September 24, 2008
Before the McCain-Palin campaign tried to link Sen. Barack Obama with political heavyweights in Chicago, the campaign claimed that Obama was being advised on the economy by Franklin Raines, former Fannie Mae CEO. In an ad titled “Advice,” the McCain campaign makes the claim that “Obama has no background in …
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