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

Obama's Presumptuous Presidential Seal

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Barack Obama
June 20, 2008


"Vero possumus." — A Latin phrase, roughly translating to the Obama mantra "Yes We Can."

The fancy-looking motto was featured on a presidential-looking seal debuted by the campaign on an Obama lectern during a governor's conference. The campaign later retired the seal, saying it was for "one-time use" after the prop was widely mocked.

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