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Gaffes
international relations
May 29, 2012
While Honoring WWII Hero, Obama Nearly Starts War With Poland Poles are understandably sensitive about being conflated with Nazis.
By Margaret Hartmann
human gaffe-machines
May 28, 2012
By Andre Tartar
Pippa and the Gun: The Middletons’ Very First Scandal If charged with illegal use of a handgun, she could face up to seven years in prison.
By Charlotte Cowles
Kitson Mislabeled Real Fur As Faux The store now has its tail between its legs.
By Charlotte Cowles
etch a sketch politics
Mar. 31, 2012
Etch A Sketch’s Tongue-in-Cheek Political Ads “Shake it up, America and exercise your freedom of self-expression.”
By Andre Tartar
Shanina Shaik Says Tyson Beckford Is ‘in the Dog House’ After those weird comments he made about her last week.
By Charlotte Cowles
Jean-Paul Guerlain Fined for Racist Remarks “My words do not reflect in any way my profound thoughts.”
By Hilary Moss
Tyson Beckford Claims Credit for Girlfriend Shanina Shaik’s Success “I helped place her with the right people, get her teeth cleaned, her body toned up.”
By Charlotte Cowles
early and often 2012
Mar. 23, 2012
Mitt in His Own Words: On Gaffes and True Love Mitt Romney appeared on Hugh Hewitt’s talk show and reminded everyone that he made a pun once.
By Eliza Shapiro
DOH Deems Algonquin Lobby Cat Feline Non Grata Poor Matilda must now spend her days chained up at the check-in desk.
By Jenny Miller
Food Politics
Oct. 3, 2011
Obama-Branded Chinese Chicken Joint Angers Al Sharpton Obama Fried Chicken in Beijing features a carton Obama head on Colonel Sanders’s body.
By Jenny Miller
Whole Foods Will Celebrate Ramadan in Spite of Angry Right-Wing Bloggers After an internal memo urging employees not to promote Ramadan, the chain is backpedaling.
By Jenny Miller
No Longer a True Loaf of Mine Fairway’s parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme bread has been renamed.
By Jenny Miller
GOP Piles on Biden for Using the T-word Rand Paul: “Prefer to be thought of as a freedom fighter.”
By Carrie Battan
Now Ina Garten Is the One Getting Dissed The tables have turned and it’s the Make-A-Wish kid who isn’t into the idea.
By Alan Sytsma
Ina Garten Un-snubs Make-A-Wish Patient She’ll make time for the 6-year-old with leukemia after all.
By Jenny Miller
early and awkward
June 8, 2010
By Dan Amira
secretary of awesome
Nov. 16, 2009
The Accumulating Gaffes of Hillary Clinton They’re really piling up, and most of them aren’t even funny.
By Dan Amira
People Only Like Joe Biden When He’s Making a Fool of Himself The vice-president hasn’t been making gaffes lately, and America disapproves.
By Dan Amira
secretary of awesome
Mar. 24, 2009
By Dan Amira
early and often
Oct. 23, 2008
By Chris Rovzar
early and often
Oct. 10, 2008
Meet the Adviser Stabbing at McCain’s Self-destruct Button Want the most destructive assessment you can get of a John McCain policy proposal? Just ask McCain’s own senior policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
By Peter Keating
early and often
Sept. 30, 2008
McCain, Palin Attack Couric for ‘Gotcha Journalism’ Wait, is that the style of reporting where one asks follow-up questions and holds people accountable for their public statements? Despicable!
By Chris Rovzar
early and often
Aug. 22, 2008
‘Houses’ Gaffe Spiraling Into All-Out War Makes those days of endless squabbles over health-care mandates seem quaint.
By Dan Amira
early and often
July 16, 2008
McCain Gaffe Makes Him Seem Older Than Ever This may seem like a superficial issue, and that’s because it very much is. But deep beneath the superficiality, this could be something that actually matters.
early and often
July 11, 2008
McCain-Camp Gaffe Trumps ‘Nuts’ Remark! It’s exhausting that the focus of the election zigs and zags with every successive surrogate gaffe. Except, in this case, many believe that Phil Gramm’s misstep could cause trouble for quite a while.
