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Dave Yell's avatar

We've been waiting for these gaffes for eight years but it never moves the needle. The skeptic in me says this won't either.

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knowltok's avatar

That's where I think we need to borrow from Reagan. "There you go again..."

Getting in an uproar over it doesn't work. Maybe bemused exasperation combined with a does of, "He either means it, can't control himself, or is deliberately winding you media types up."

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Dave Yell's avatar

Great point! It is funny how humor can totally be disarming.That line from Reagan at Carter and then the one aimed at Mondale about his youth and inexperience. Just brilliant! But they can't seem rehearsed.

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Josh's avatar

That's why I think this "He's so weird" strategy will yield better dividends.

He writes everything off as a joke (I thought busting on McCain would finish him, then the Gold Star family fiasco, by Planet Hollywood nothing really surprised me anymore) but weirdness? That one he can't shake.

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