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

Mistakes Were Made

Thompson's Tax Dodge

Fred Thompson
July 31, 2007

"He has not taken this pledge."

— Thompson spokesperson Linda Rozet, refuting Thompson's earlier statement, caught on videotape, that he would "absolutely" sign legislation replacing all federal taxes with a 23-percent sales tax

— M.J. Stephey

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