5 thoughts on “The Wrong Campaign Gaffe Comparison”

  1. Good article, but I wish you’d focused more on why it’s not the feds job to take over state responsibilities. This is probably the medias most common gaffe and is hardly ever called. Ronald Reagan would have known how to respond.

    The federal government needs some massive layoffs (except for the military which is getting dangerously small, mainly our navy.)

  3. One’s thesis can’t be a ‘gaffe’.

    You’ve marched up to the idea with three-or-so supporting ideas. Then laid down the thesis. Then gone on to use that precise idea as a foundation for what follows. Twice in one day. And several previous times laying all the supporting thoughts without expressing ‘doing fine’.

    As such, it was a core point. Even journalism majors should be able to grok this single meme, being politically active English majors.

    The fact that his central thought is -wrong- is dog-bites-man.
    The fact that his central thought is moronic… well, the man did bite a dog.

    1. You have to remember that the Washington definition of a “gaffe” is when a politician accidentally tells the truth about what he really believes.

  4. One minor quibble – you used the term “government workers.” For a significant percentage of government employees, that term is an oxymoron. They do little or no useful work.

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