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 Drilling Debacle

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Fred Thompson
September 18, 2007

"Gosh, no one has told me there is any major reserves in the Everglades. Maybe that's one of the things I have to learn while I'm down here."

—Thompson, in a meeting with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist in Tallahassee, saying he wouldn't rule out drilling for oil in the Everglades.


— Katie Rooney


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