Obama said, 'If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun'

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6/14/08, "Obama: ‘If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun,’" WSJ.com

"Mobster wisdom tells us never to bring a knife to a gun fight. But what does political wisdom say about bringing a gun to a knife fight?

That’s exactly what Barack Obama said he would do to counter Republican attacks. “If they bring a knife to the fight,

• we bring a gun,” Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night.

“Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I’ve seen Eagles fans.”"...

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