Accidents, “oopsies,” no-nos, faux pas — call it what you like, but a gaffe’s a gaffe.
We’ve never been closer to the interesting change that will happen with the United States government. With that, just before November 4, let’s take a moment and look back at the good times — the real gaffes that have given the media power to make fun of candidates. The social errors that feed satire that we so lovingly believe in.
John McCain’s Tongue
This has to be my favorite image of the year. This has the makings of a classic — a slip, the unusual facial expression, the being-caught-on-camera — the photoshopped images that followed? It has everything!
Sarah Palin “Sees Russia From Her House” … and elaborates
This is Palin just being so goshdarned adorable. Katie Couric asks her to elaborate on the “proximity to Russia = foreign policy” comment/gaffe, and what she gets is an adorable Palin trying to explain that the media has, “ahihihi,” taken the words out of context — what she meant to say was, should Putin rear his head, presumably from his neck, like a turtle, Alaska is a no-fly-zone, only because it’s the closest place to rear heads in from Russia, apparently.
Barack Obama Travels 57 States
In Oregon, Barack Obama tries to recount exactly how many states he’s visited in the last 15 months. While he struggles to get the “fifty-seven” in there, it seems like it’s not enough, so he mentions that there’s still one more left to go. Whoah, 58 states? Will that be Barack’s America, or “Barack America”? … which leads to Joe Biden, of course, who once, in a moment of thinking about multiple things at once, calls Obama, “Barack America.”
Sarah Palin Gets Picked to run for VP, doesn’t exactly know what a VP does…
When asked by a third grader, “What does a Vice President do?” Sarah Palin tries to explain to “Brandon,” in simplest terms, that “[T]hey’re in charge of the United States Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom.” Which of course is wrong — the VP just hangs out ‘til the President croaks, of course!
John McCain “That One”
Since I started the list with something from the Presidential debates, I might as well end this list with another one from “that one.” While trying to defend his stance on an energy bill, John McCain quips, “There was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies, and it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney. You know who voted for it? You might never know. That one.” Which of course led to shirts, bumper stickers and various other merchandise to be made. Notice the glee and enthusiasm he has in the video while covertly(?) pointing at “that one” as if he wasn’t in the same room!
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