Published 1/16/2009
by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
at CNN Political Ticker
Obama sat down with CNN's John King Friday.
(CNN) — After two years of traveling around the country criticizing President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that he “always thought [Bush] was a good guy.”
“I mean, I think personally he is a good man who loves his family and loves his country,” Obama said in an [...]
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