It happens each election cycle: some politician makes a comment so
stupid that the fallout essentially ends his campaign, whether he drops
out or not. These disastrous quotes generally go way beyond Dan Quayle’s
spelling abilities, Al Gore inventing the Internet or Joe Biden, well,
being Joe Biden. The quotes that cut the electorate to the core are
those that force a “WTF” to pop into voters’ minds every time they see
the numbskull on television or read about him in the newspaper.
Such is the case with Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin. The damage from his inane comments on “legitimate rape” cannot be washed aside by the world’s greatest spin masters. Argue as he may that he misspoke, politically he’s done — banished to the electoral graveyard with other idiots who couldn’t keep their mouths shut. If Akin stays in the race, he’s toast.
But Akin is not the only person to open his political pie-hole and insert his foot. His gaffe, however, does rank as one of the biggest career-ending utterances in modern American political history. Before last Sunday, what were the top 10?
10.) Edwin Muskie’s snowflake tears: An emotional outburst on a cold and snowy morning ended the presidential bid of Edwin Muskie. The Maine senator was the Democratic front-runner when a New Hampshire newspaper ran two scurrilous editorials, one accusing Muskie’s wife of hard drinking and off-color humor. Muskie held an impromptu press conference on the steps in front of the newspaper’s offices, offering an emotional rebuttal to the attacks. The press said he cried. Muskie’s aides said it was melted snowflakes. Whatever it was, Muskie was done and Sen. George McGovern won the right to face President Richard Nixon in 1972.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/22/top-10-political-gaffes/#ixzz24NQ04Fpp
Such is the case with Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin. The damage from his inane comments on “legitimate rape” cannot be washed aside by the world’s greatest spin masters. Argue as he may that he misspoke, politically he’s done — banished to the electoral graveyard with other idiots who couldn’t keep their mouths shut. If Akin stays in the race, he’s toast.
But Akin is not the only person to open his political pie-hole and insert his foot. His gaffe, however, does rank as one of the biggest career-ending utterances in modern American political history. Before last Sunday, what were the top 10?
10.) Edwin Muskie’s snowflake tears: An emotional outburst on a cold and snowy morning ended the presidential bid of Edwin Muskie. The Maine senator was the Democratic front-runner when a New Hampshire newspaper ran two scurrilous editorials, one accusing Muskie’s wife of hard drinking and off-color humor. Muskie held an impromptu press conference on the steps in front of the newspaper’s offices, offering an emotional rebuttal to the attacks. The press said he cried. Muskie’s aides said it was melted snowflakes. Whatever it was, Muskie was done and Sen. George McGovern won the right to face President Richard Nixon in 1972.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/22/top-10-political-gaffes/#ixzz24NQ04Fpp
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