Comments on: When is a Gaffe Not a Gaffe? http://moorethoughts.com/2008/05/28/when-is-a-gaffe-not-a-gaffe/ Conservatism, Freedom, Capitalism Sun, 16 May 2010 00:37:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Sean Braisted http://moorethoughts.com/2008/05/28/when-is-a-gaffe-not-a-gaffe/comment-page-1/#comment-235131 Sean Braisted Wed, 28 May 2008 15:07:53 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2008/05/28/when-is-a-gaffe-not-a-gaffe/#comment-235131 <i>Have you not heard of one of those? </i> I always love the double standard argument. Obama makes a couple mistakes, and every rightwinger from Bangor, ME to San Diego complains about Obama not being criticized enough for his remarks...even though everyone is criticizing him for his remarks. Let's see. "57 States" elicits 266K hits. 4,200 hits so far on his "fallen soldiers" gaffe. 1.06 Million hits on Obama and Auschwitz 122K on Obama and Auschwitz and Buchenwald Its hard to know if John McCain is making similar mistakes, because nobody really seems to care about McCain. Have you not heard of one of those?

I always love the double standard argument. Obama makes a couple mistakes, and every rightwinger from Bangor, ME to San Diego complains about Obama not being criticized enough for his remarks…even though everyone is criticizing him for his remarks.

Let’s see. “57 States” elicits 266K hits.

4,200 hits so far on his “fallen soldiers” gaffe.

1.06 Million hits on Obama and Auschwitz
122K on Obama and Auschwitz and Buchenwald

Its hard to know if John McCain is making similar mistakes, because nobody really seems to care about McCain.

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