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Clinton, sounding alarm about economy, says, “I feel like Paulette Revere.”

By Sun-Times Wire

At a press conference in Burbank, Calif., Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Thursday called herself “Paulette Revere,” sounding the alarm on the economy.

“Senator Obama has been very timid and unenthusiastic with doing anything with the economy, and I have consistently said what needed” Clinton said. “…..I feel like Paulette Revere, the recession is coming, the recession is coming and at some point, maybe somebody will actually do something about it.

(Lynn Sweet in Chicago)

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