Worst Political Gaffe ever?

[Velvetshady]

Does GHW Bush puking during a state dinner in Japan count? Because that is what immediately came to my mind.

[ESF]

I think there's a difference between a gaffe and a scandal. Gaffes I think of as foot-in-the-mouth. With Anthony Weiner, I'd say his tweet was a gaffe, all be it more of a digital gaffe. The rest was a scandal. Gary Hart, Edwards, etc -- scandals.

Puking at a state dinner is just embarrassing.

[IIOY]

Aug 8, 2012 19:01:48 GMT -5 ESF said:

Gaffes I think of as foot-in-the-mouth.

And scandals are dick-in-the-mouth.

[stephiehun]

Aug 8, 2012 19:19:50 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Aug 8, 2012 19:01:48 GMT -5 ESF said:

Gaffes I think of as foot-in-the-mouth.

And scandals are dick-in-the-mouth.

I love you.

[LoveTrains]

Aug 8, 2012 15:19:01 GMT -5 sweettooth said:

Aug 8, 2012 13:35:09 GMT -5 toledo said:

I had a friend in the front row for Dean that day, and they left after the rally, drove all night for home, crashed for a day, and woke up to a media shitstorm about The Scream.

He said he couldn't figure out what the fuck they were talking about, because it didn't sound that way in the room at all. The media filtered out all the background noise from an excited crowd, and focused on Dean.

Somewhere back in time I heard two audio files of the event. One like you said and then the other one where the scream was enhanced. At the time I didn't know if it was true, but also didn't see what the big deal was, other than the repeated hammering him about it.

Yes, this.
I was heavily involved as a volunteer for the Dean campaign in Mass that year. I didn't go out to the "scream" speech but I personally knew several ppl that were there. They ALL said the same thing as above.

I'm not sure Dean would have beaten Bush, but give me a tin-foil hat bc I am 200% convinced that the media destroyed his candidacy with that coverage.

[y4m]

I'm totally on team media conspiracy--it happens in every election. McCain 2000 vs 2008 (pre-Palin) is another great example of the media writing their narrative and everyone else picking it up.