Seven biggest political blunders of 2008
7. Pundits get New Hampshire primary wrong.
6. Eliot Spitzer acting very un Attorney General-like
5. The Blago fog-o
4. Barack Obama did not have ministerial relations with that man
3. John Edwards’ two Americas and… two women (…and one baby?)
2. Hillary and Sinbad brave sniper fire in Bosnia
1. Maverick bails out banks, loses election
All are worthy though we’d knock Hillary down… way down and move Breckie right up to No. 2. Geez, we’d almost forgot what a cad that guy is. Perhaps it’s a sign of the times or maybe it’s just because its an election year (5 of 7 were campaign related) but we would’ve thought the outbreak of unethical behavior on Capitol Hill (William “cold cash” Jefferson, Chris “Country Wide” Dodd, and “Tropical” Charlie Rangel, etc.) would’ve got some love. Then again, if the blunders are not recognized (or precipitate any negative repercussions), then are they really blunders?
And, yes, No. 1 is a deserving No. 1. Maverick spent a good part of his political career marching to his own beat but when the perfect opportunity came to, once again, stand apart and lead… and give a skeptical but resigned electorate an alternate vision of this country’s economic future, he fell right in line with President Bush, Obama and the rest. For shame, Senator, for shame.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Deano...
I think a couple of Palinisms would enhance the list toppped by “I have foreign policy expertise because I can see Russia from my house,” and “I don’t need to name any of the major newspapers and magazines because I read them all.”
CB, though certain commenters may possibly agree, its important to remember that Tina Fey from SNL actually said the first quote... also, I would classify them under "verbal gaffes" instead of blunders, like when Biden told a crowd up in Seattle that the "U.S. and France kicked Hamas out of Lebanon"
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