Now that's how you handle a gaffe
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Now that's how you handle a gaffe
During a televised interview today, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson responded to the question, "What about Aleppo?" by himself asking "What is Aleppo?" This is a clear gaffe by a presidential candidate hoping to get into the debates starting later this month.
Afterward, Governor Johnson released a statement explaining, essentially, that he was thinking acronym and had a brain cramp. I'm still not voting for him. But his statement did earn some respect from me. And I'm guessing it will more or less put the story to bed. --Bob
Afterward, Governor Johnson released a statement explaining, essentially, that he was thinking acronym and had a brain cramp. I'm still not voting for him. But his statement did earn some respect from me. And I'm guessing it will more or less put the story to bed. --Bob
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
Too bad he didn't have an earpiece so his team could have coached him in real-time.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
Are you referring to the false and debunked rumor that Secretary Clinton was wearing an earpiece during last night's forum?BackInTex wrote:Too bad he didn't have an earpiece so his team could have coached him in real-time.

Of all the candidates who have ever been nominated for President in my lifetime, Secretary Clinton is the least likely to need such an aid. Particularly in the national security realm, she knows her stuff cold. --Bob
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
What is this?

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
Well, it's the same photo that was analyzed and debunked by Snopes in the previous post. What do I win?Estonut wrote:What is this?
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
New cast, same baloney. Remember this golden oldie?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... 4Oct8.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... 4Oct8.html
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I know it's the same photo, that's where I first saw it. I noticed Bob failed to include that one in his post. The "debunking" by Snopes is among the worst I've ever seen them do. It's not valid because they cropped the pic and then enlarged it? I spot-checked the first 10 minutes of my recording and see the white thing in her ear several times. Is it not possible she felt it and pushed it back into place? That could make it not appear on later pictures.TheConfessor wrote:Well, it's the same photo that was analyzed and debunked by Snopes in the previous post. What do I win?Estonut wrote:What is this?
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
Gov. Johnson would have been better off just answering "I don't know" because that's really the only correct answer to the Aleppo issue. A murderous dictator to the left of me, ISIS to the right... and here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
He obviously thought he was on Jeopardy!
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
I think it was this:Bob78164 wrote:Are you referring to the false and debunked rumor that Secretary Clinton was wearing an earpiece during last night's forum?BackInTex wrote:Too bad he didn't have an earpiece so his team could have coached him in real-time.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... n-kkk.html
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
I fixed it for you:
Gov. Johnson is way ahead of his nemesis Jill Stein. She faces criminal charges for civil disobedience. That may appeal to her base, but it doesn't help her to be a serious third party (or even fourth-party) candidate.Bob Juch wrote:I think it was this:Bob78164 wrote:Are you referring to the false and debunked rumor that Secretary Clinton was wearing an earpiece during last night's forum?BackInTex wrote:Too bad he didn't have an earpiece so his team could have coached him in real-time.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... n-kkk.html
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
Bob Juch wrote:I think it was this:Bob78164 wrote:Are you referring to the false and debunked rumor that Secretary Clinton was wearing an earpiece during last night's forum?BackInTex wrote:Too bad he didn't have an earpiece so his team could have coached him in real-time.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... n-kkk.html

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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
I've never questioned your, or perhaps anyone's, shillness less than now.Bob78164 wrote: Of all the candidates who have ever been nominated for President in my lifetime, Secretary Clinton is the least likely to need such an aid. Particularly in the national security realm, she knows her stuff cold. --Bob
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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That sounds like a compliment to me.BackInTex wrote:I've never questioned your, or perhaps anyone's, shillness less than now.Bob78164 wrote: Of all the candidates who have ever been nominated for President in my lifetime, Secretary Clinton is the least likely to need such an aid. Particularly in the national security realm, she knows her stuff cold. --Bob
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Re: Now that's how you handle a gaffe
I believe you. And I'm not surprised.Bob Juch wrote:That sounds like a compliment to me.BackInTex wrote:I've never questioned your, or perhaps anyone's, shillness less than now.Bob78164 wrote: Of all the candidates who have ever been nominated for President in my lifetime, Secretary Clinton is the least likely to need such an aid. Particularly in the national security realm, she knows her stuff cold. --Bob
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)