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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:19 PM
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MSM; Biden prone to gaffs.
So that's the meme that the media will use when covering Biden. Don't talk about the substance of what he says, just wait for the gaff. And if he doesn't actually make one, just rerun one from years ago. Just like Gore's "exaggerations" they will keep this alive. And oh, they will continue to ignore the gaffs from McCain, because that's just him being a "maverick",
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grannie4peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:20 PM
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1. i hope he gaff's them!!!!
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:21 PM
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2. which gaffes matter more
Bomb Bomb Iran

Killing Iranians with cigarettes is a good thing

Middle East policy = "Crusade" (Bush)

Sunni/Shia/whatever

Using Wikipedia for your foreign policy text

...

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jesus_of_suburbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:22 PM
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3. Biden is gonna kick butt in the debates... he is the 2nd best choice Obama could have made!
I LOVE Clark, but he isn't as feisty as Biden.

I like Bayh, but he's a bit boring.


Biden is gonna make the Repuke VP look pathetic.

The VP debates are gonna be very fun :-)
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:22 PM
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4. Big difference.
Biden flubs his lines sometimes. McCain is a liar.



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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:22 PM
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5. you pretty much nailed it.
Obama has the better ground game and an unpopular party/policies he's running against. It's going to come down to GOTV. Hopefully it's enough; hopefully those votes count.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:22 PM
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6. That's an automatic tag they've been using for years. Even if he never once
misspoke again in his entire life, that would still be how he's described. :eyes:
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99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:24 PM
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7. Compared to John McGaffe? PLEASE.. where DO they come up with this shit? ~nt~
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:58 PM
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8. This just in, Drill McSame IS a gaff
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:00 PM
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9. Great story! You have to learn to manage expectations.
This helps shape the story on Biden; if he slips once, it's Biden being Biden. If he doesn't slip, he gets the same "straight talk" rep that McCain has all but worn out.
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Stop Cornyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:23 PM
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10. It's a softball over the center of the plate
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:27 PM
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11. Not like the m$m's GAFFE pushing
bu$hit on us for 8 years and marching the US into the War On Iraq.

The propaganda central is the enemy and they don't want Obama and Biden to be calling the shots..tough shit m$m.
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:58 PM
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12. Throw it back... Exxon John (8 houses) McBush
Would you Dems please get up already and fight? Throw this crap back in their face. Karl Rove is at this moment working overtime to spread this shit.. knowing full-well that the Dems will take it. I'm sorry.. I'm not goin to take it anymore. This crap has ended here and now...... Just say NO!
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 09:03 PM
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13. The only people who complained about Biden's supposed gaffes are all planning to vote for him now.
Edited on Sat Aug-23-08 09:04 PM by Kurt_and_Hunter
Think about it the supposed gaffes...

The only place I've ever seen Biden really trashed was on DU and I imagine Obama/Biden will do pretty well among DUers.
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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 08:53 AM
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14. So,
you haven't seen EVERY SINGLE NEWS REPORT IN THE MEDIA about the VP pick to talk about Biden being prone to gaffes and showing the same clips?
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ericgtr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 08:57 AM
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15. How about this headline "anyone with 30 years in office is prone to gaffes"
I am having fun adding new headlines and pointing out the MSM hypocrisy today. :D
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 08:58 AM
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16. He's also prone to kicking ass with a soundbite!
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Life Long Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 09:25 AM
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17. Biden's gaffes don't qualify for being inappropriate if you live in the real world.
There's an illegal war going on right now, so anytime MSM wants to talk about inappropriate but true comments. Lets, and lets bring up the ones who are not even around anymore to even say something inappropriate.

I don't think MSM wants to compare "inappropriate" do they?

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 09:30 AM
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18. Did ANY candidate on earth ever make more gaffes than George W Bush and John McCain?
No. Corporate media will NOT allow even the most apparent truth to be heard about those two dunces.
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