W: Off the Cuff, Off the Record

President Bush was in Houston last week raising dough for Pete Olson. Took a few days, but a video making the rounds today, courtesy Miya Shay of Houston's ABC affiliate KTRK-Channel 13 and the likes of the Houston Chronicle and The Huffington Post, features remarks about the economy the president...

By Robert Wilonsky

July 22, 2008

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President Bush was in Houston last week raising dough for Pete Olson. Took a few days, but a video making the rounds today, courtesy Miya Shay of Houston's ABC affiliate KTRK-Channel 13 and the likes of the Houston Chronicle and The Huffington Post, features remarks about the economy the president made after he asked the TV cameras be shut off -- including a comment toward at the 1:02 mark about the housing market and buying a place in Dallas. Only, that's really not the part most folks are focusing on. --Robert Wilonsky

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