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

Phoney Romney?

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Mitt Romney
Sept. 12, 2007

"The Web site is obviously juvenile and offensive."

—Romney, denying allegations that his campaign is behind the anti-Fred Thompson website, PhoneyFred.org, which was created by Wesley Donehue, a business associate of Romney advisor Warren Tompkins. The site was later taken offline.


— M.J. Stephey


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