Comments on: The candidates and those gotcha gaffes

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:03:47 +0000

I seriously wonder if Obama know what party Lincoln belonged to.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:18:34 +0000

Our commander-in-chief’s apparent ignorance of the proud history of Navy corpsmen really stuck in my craw.

JimBob, you ask way too much. I don’t expect him to know the history of Navy corpsmen, although he should; I expect to have a working knowledge of English above the middle school level.

And in that expectation I was disappointed.

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:25:18 +0000

First, I agree with Neo on the relativity of gaffes. Too often the focus on them is a ruse to divert attention from issues.

Regarding Santorum, I have said that he was a nice guy, but my objection was that he had never led anything. I retract that statement. Now, I am not at all certain that he is a nice guy. Is he revealing his true self under pressure; or has the pressure caused him to deviate from his nature? I don’t know; at this point I don’t really care. He is a sideshow.

Completely agree with Curtis and Ocam’s Beard. Remarks made in prepared statements or speeches are not gaffes, they are statements. Obama has made enough revealing statements to disqualify himself from election to the office of trash collector.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:23:56 +0000

Obama’s “son” statement is not a gaffe, but a bizarre and unwarranted lack of presidential discretion which reveals much about him personally and much about his values and biases. He is a race baiter. Since the race baiters create a bias against them, a hate does indeed begin to build because of their demands for unequal justice. Then, there will be incidents and their claims sel-fulfilling. What they ask is greater forbearance for their wrongs and immediate redress for wrongs committed against them. Obama says respect it. This attitude, this tactic, mirrors the Muslim when he is in minority. Perhaps that is another reason why people believe Obama is a Muslim.

By: JimBobElrod

JimBobElrod — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:49:15 +0000

I too take errors of pronunciation and other candidate gaffes with a grain of salt. That said, how did you react to Obama’s reference to a Navy “corpseman” not once, but twice in the same speech? Our commander-in-chief’s apparent ignorance of the proud history of Navy corpsmen really stuck in my craw.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:37:05 +0000

Santorum is the anti-establishment vote. Santorum is the “should have been Palin” vote. Santorum is still young. He’ll be back. Maybe, as Coulter reasonably suggested, he’s better for a governor spot, at least for now.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:11:22 +0000

If gaffes were not important my favored candidate, Rick Perry, might still be in the race. To be President though, a Republican cannot, at all costs, have a brain freeze or gaffe. Because, for Republicans, it is a “we gotcha” game 24/7. Obviously the same is not ture for dems. Obama can even say conflicting things in different parts of the same speech and the crescendo of MSM crtitiques is the sound of silence. It’s not a level playing field. It is to weep.

By: Parker

Parker — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:59:16 +0000

“And that’s my problem (or one of them) with the man: culturally, he’s not a American. De jure, yes he is. De facto, um … no.”

I agree, and I also think he’s not very bright. I continue to pine for the opportunity to read his Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard transcripts.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:43:57 +0000

A slight quibble on the “57 states” gaffe. No real American, no matter how tired, fried, drunk, or stunned, would ever make that gaffe, and not immediately correct himself. It’d be like saying the first President was Thomas Jefferson, or it’s four strikes and you’re out.

Someone who learned the number of states, as a classroom exercise, rather than just marinating in the fact all his life, is another story. I can almost picture Obama mentally reciting a mnemonic of the “Thirty hath September” variety to remember stuff like this.

And that’s my problem (or one of them) with the man: culturally, he’s not a American. De jure, yes he is. De facto, um … no.

By: Sangiovese

Sangiovese — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:23:57 +0000

I’d like Santorum as a neighbor or friend. He seems like a good family man and an all-around decent person. But President? No, sorry. And yes, his campaign has passed its peak.