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DENVER — Last week, Republican John McCain didn't know how many homes he owns. Tonight, Democrat Barack Obama didn't know what town he was in. In a live satellite speech tonight to the Democratic National Convention in Denver from a home in Kansas City, Obama said: "I'm here with the Girardeau family here in St. Louis." Then came a graphic across the television screen that said Obama was in ...
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The RNC was quick to note that Barack Obama , in that super charming moment during which he spoke via satellite with his wife and daughters, poised on the DNC platform, misstated from where he was addressing them: “I'm here with the Girardo family, here in St. Louis.” – Barack Obama to the DNC, speaking from, eek, Kansas City, MO