TYT: Another McCain Gaffe? Calling Gen. Petraeus the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

[ihavenobias]

By Cenk Uygur

I'm actually not very high on judging candidates by their gaffes. I don't think it makes one scintilla of a difference whether John Kerry thinks the Packers play on Lambeau Field or Lambert Field. How would that have affected the way he governed as president? Not at all.

I think journalists over-emphasize gaffes because they think it is a point of fact they can point to without being criticized by either side for being biased. They feel they're not allowed to say that someone's tax cut plan is terrible and will put a huge hole in the national budget. That might be true, but conventional wisdom says an is not allowed to say that. Gaffes, on the other hand, are clear and can be pounced on.

So, with all of that being said, I am ironically going to point out . Why? Because John McCain has had |so many gaffes in the last couple of weeks], let alone the whole campaign, that it has gotten to the point where you have to question if there is something wrong with him.

One or two gaffes in the course of a campaign are perfectly normal. Half a dozen in a week is crazy. That's outside of the normal range of mistakes. Does he remember things clearly? Does he not know the material in the first place?

So, here is his latest possible gaffe, brought to our attention by a Young Turks listener, Rich Kelly. Senator McCain said this to George Stephanopoulos in ...

For the rest,

[spanone]

1. an endless stream of senior moments......

[CherylK]

2. K & R!

Cenk keeps sticking it to McCain and it is fantastic!

:yourock:

[ihavenobias]

3. Yes he does. It's especially cool that Keith Olbermann picked up on it last week

and for catching the McCain gaffe regarding Iraq being "the first major conflict since 9/11".

[jimshoes]

4. If I were a high up mucky muck in the

repig party, I would seriously be worried about McGaffe's propensity for senior moments. But I'm not, so I ain't. I'm kinda digging all the screw-ups by lumpy.

[ihavenobias]

5. The only thing that worries me

is that some of the high up mucky mucks *want* McCain to lose so that they can try and blame everything Obama doesn't fix on Obama.

Don't get me wrong, of course I want Obama to win, but I also realize all of Bush's problems can't and won't be fixed in 4 years.

We just need to tell people that the Republicans will do this NOW (and remind them here and there) so it's a less effective strategy down the road.

[jimshoes]

10. The thing that worries me is that

McSame won't even make it past the Convention. Too many memory issues. Plus the pukes don't seem like the type to give up power just to have a scapegoat to blame everything on. Honestly, I don't think lumpy has a snowball's chance in hell of winning but then again, I didn't think the chimp would win* either.

[ihavenobias]

11. Really?

I have no doubts about him making it past the convention, but I hope and think you're right about his chances of winning (or losing I should say).

[pleah]

6. K&R The man is totally off the deep end.

You already know he claims to have won the war in Iraq. Insane McCaine.
The more he fucks up the more we need to keep it out there for the people to see.
I'm still waiting for him to stroke out or something. Preferably at one of the debates for all to see. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[ihavenobias]

8. Stroke out? n/t

[pleah]

9. Slang for have a stroke. n/t

[OhioChick]

7. K&R

:kick:

[CherylK]

12. Bump!

:kick: