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

Rudy's Speech Police

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Moveon.org

Rudy Giuliani
Sept. 21, 2007

"It passed a line that we should not allow American political organizations to pass."

—Giuliani, blasting MoveOn.org's "General Betray Us" ad. The statement troubled many First Amendment defenders, but a campaign spokesperson later said: "The Mayor was referring to the fact that Democrats stood silent on an ad that crossed the line in disparaging an American hero."


— M.J. Stephey


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