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John McCain Explains What He Meant by Saying That the Fundamentals of the Economy Are Strong

He'll figure it out eventually.

Calvin Trillin

September 24, 2008

The fundamentals are strong, my friends. The fundamentals are strong. The Democrats don’t go along, my friends, but they’re the ones who are wrong. Because what that word really means, my friends, is our great American workers. So anyone saying I’m wrong, my friends, is saying our workers are shirkers. So trust me to sort this all out, my friends. I’ve been in Congress the longest. American workers are strong, my friends. And those in the swing states are strongest.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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