The Screwups of Campaign '08
Presidential campaigns are so carefully stage-managed that few things are as entertaining as the mistakes politicians make on the trail. Throughout the 2008 race, check out TIME.com's ongoing chronicle of each candidate's gaffes, and then vote on just how big a screwup each one is
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John Edwards
February 8, 2007
"The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte's and Melissa McEwan's posts personally offended me. It's not how I talk to people, and it's not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that kind of intolerant language will not be permitted from anyone on my campaign, whether it's intended as satire, humor, or anything else. But I also believe in giving everyone a fair shake."
—Edwards, deciding to keep his two newly hired, liberal bloggers on board despite the dirt conservatives are digging up on them. A week later, both would resign.
— Christine Lim
• Bloggers on the Bus
• Hardship Posting
• Is Edwards the Howard Dean of 2008?
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