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  • September 2008

    • Dems Cringe as Gaffe Express Rolls Onward

      Washington Post  |  Sep 30, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      Dems Cringe as Gaffe Express Rolls Onward

      (Newser) - Joe Biden’s freewheeling style makes him a big hit on campaign stops, and he usually draws front-page headlines in the towns he visits. But often, those stories carry word of the VP hopeful’s latest slip-up. Biden has lived up to his reputation as a gaffe machine, contradicting his running mate and misstating facts time and again, the Washington Post reports. More »

    • Ooops: Biden Says Hillary Might Have Been a Better Pick

      ABC News  |  Sep 11, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      Ooops: Biden Says Hillary Might Have Been a Better Pick

      (Newser) - Joe Biden, rushing to the defense of Hillary Clinton yesterday, delighted the opposition (not to mention Hillary diehards) by saying she might have been a better VP pick for Obama than he was. It started when a man at a New Hampshire rally said he was glad Biden had been chosen over Clinton. “Not because she’s a woman,” the man said, “but because, look at the things she did in the past.” More »

    • Obama's 'Lipstick on a Pig' Jab Draws GOP Squeals

      New York Post  |  Sep 10, 08 6:10 AM CDT

      Obama's 'Lipstick on a Pig' Jab Draws GOP Squeals

      (Newser) - John McCain's campaign has accused Barack Obama of bringing politics down to barnyard level after he compared its talk of change to "putting lipstick on a pig," the New York Post reports. McCain representatives charged that the line was a thinly veiled personal attack on Sarah Palin, and demanded the candidate apologize. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Sarah Palin  • gaffe  • campaigning

    • Noonan: 'Over' Didn't Mean Mac

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 4, 08 7:19 AM CDT

      Noonan: 'Over' Didn't Mean Mac

      (Newser) - Columnist Peggy Noonan has been catching flak since being caught on tape saying "It's over" during a frank assessment of John McCain's veep choice. But the Wall Street Journal writer insists she wasn't pronouncing Mac's White House hopes dead—she was simply remarking that the days of the GOP's base being connected to mainstream America are over, she writes. More »

  • July 2008

    • Fox: Jackson Used N-Word in Off-Air Obama Comments

      ABC News  |  Jul 17, 08 4:46 AM CDT

      Fox: Jackson Used N-Word in Off-Air Obama Comments

      (Newser) - Red-faced civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has again had to apologize to the nation's first black presidential candidate, this time over his use of a racial slur in off-air comments during the taping of a FOX show, reports AP. Fox News confirmed that Jackson said Obama is "talking down to black people, telling n—s how to behave" after a transcript was leaked to TVNewser. Jackson had earlier apologized for his "hurtful words," but his use of a racial slur hadn't been reported. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Jesse Jackson  • Al Sharpton  • gaffe  • racial slurs

    • Tape of Sarkozy Snapping at 'Ill-Mannered' TV Tech a Hit

      The Australian  |  Jul 2, 08 9:43 AM CDT

      Tape of Sarkozy Snapping at 'Ill-Mannered' TV Tech a Hit

      (Newser) - A leaked film of French President Nicolas Sarkozy telling off a TV technician has become an Internet hit, the Australian reports. Sarko, unaware he's being filmed, snaps at the man after the worker fails to respond to a greeting, and even suggests the technician shouldn't be working for state television. The video, the latest embarrassment for Sarkozy, has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. More »

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      television  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • gaffe

  • June 2008

    • Imus Reinserts Foot in Mouth

      Politico  |  Jun 23, 08 12:26 PM CDT

      Imus Reinserts Foot in Mouth

      (Newser) - Don Imus may have stepped in it again, Politico reports. While bantering on this morning's show about Adam "Pacman" Jones, who’s been arrested six times in his NFL career, the scandal-shadowed shock jock asked, “What color is he?” A sidekick dutifully informed him that Jones is African-American. “Well, there you go,” Imus said. “Now we know.” More »

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      race relations  • Don Imus  • Adam "Pacman" Jones  • gaffe  • Imus in the Morning

    • 11 Travel Faux Pas to Avoid

      Travel Leisure  |  Jun 21, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      11 Travel Faux Pas to Avoid

      (Newser) - A great pleasure of this wide world of ours is the multiplicity of cultures and customs. That diversity can also get you into a heap of trouble. So, when traveling, here’s what not to do, and where not to do it, from Travel and Leisure . Touching: Too intimate in Asia. And steer clear of that baby’s head in Thailand! Eating with the left hand: a no-no in Africa. That hand’s for wiping. More »

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      travel  • tourists  • gaffe  • eating  • hospitality  • ancient customs  • tradition

    • Fox Looks Clueless with 'Obama's Baby Mama' Quip

      New York  |  Jun 13, 08 6:25 AM CDT

      Fox Looks Clueless with 'Obama's Baby Mama' Quip

      (Newser) - Fox is catching flak for calling Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama" and it deserves all it gets, Noelle Hancock writes on New York 's news blog. The network, which has conceded that a producer "exercised poor judgment" by posting the graphic, has made itself look "sexist, racist, and out of touch, all at the same time!" Hancock writes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Michelle Obama  • Fox News  • gaffe  • Michelle Malkin

  • May 2008

    • Things Not to Say on the Campaign Trail

      Politico  |  May 27, 08 11:06 AM CDT

      Things Not to Say on the Campaign Trail

      (Newser) - In a year of gaffe-rich campaign speeches, Republicans in particular are worried that some errant phrase will seem racist or sexist to general-election voters. Politico helpfully catalogs the mines the candidates have already stepped on. Some phrases to avoid: “Sweetie”: Barack Obama used the endearment to address a female reporter. “Hard-working Americans, White Americans”: Hillary Clinton drew criticism for the phrase. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Mitt Romney  • Joe Biden  • race  • gaffe

  • February 2008
  • October 2007

    • Hillary Backs Licenses for Immigrants

      New York Times  |  Oct 31, 07 10:16 PM CDT

      Hillary Backs Licenses for Immigrants

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton came out in support of drivers licenses for illegal immigrants today, in an effort to separate herself not so much from her competitors but her own flubbed answer to a question about them at Tuesday night's candidate forum. At the forum she drew gleeful opprobrium from the other candidates for flip-flopping; first she was for then against the hot-button proposal from beleaguered New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John Edwards  • illegal immigrant  • gaffe

  • September 2007

    • Mind the Gaffe, Prez!

      Reuters  |  Sep 9, 07 7:44 AM CDT

      Mind the Gaffe, Prez!

      (Newser) - As usual, President Bush didn't mind the gaffe and stumbled again—and again—this weekend on the eve of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in Sydney. He referred to Australian troops as Austrian troops and called the APEC summit the OPEC summit., Reuters reports. "Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC summit," Bush told Australian Prime Minister John Howard. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Australia  • OPEC  • gaffe  • John Howard  • APEC

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