We all make mistakes, but few get as much notice as the high-profile goofs committed by politicians on the campaign trail. Here's how you ranked the candidate gaffes of 2008.
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Rank
Name
Candidate
Avg. Rating
Total Votes
1 Sunni/Shi'ite Slip McCain 9 490 2 Sniper Misfire Clinton 9 479 3 Surge Screw-Up McCain 8 1,489 4 Geography Glitch McCain 8 1,145 5 Gramm Gaffe McCain 8 961 6 Tobbacco Warning McCain 8 938 7 Social Security "Disgrace" McCain 8 854 8 Terrorism Tussle McCain 8 766 9 RFK Tribute? Clinton 8 726 10 Lobbyist Loss McCain 8 616 11 Unruly Underlings McCain 8 469 12 Hapless Halloween McCain 8 433 13 Rationale Clinton 8 428 14 Hagee Moment McCain 8 399 15 Mistaken March Romney 8 270 16 McCain's Housing Crisis McCain 8 126 17 McCain's Rich Index McCain 8 122 18 "Czechoslovakia" McCain 7 1,024 19 Coler Barrier Clinton 7 631 20 Colombia Crash Clinton 7 520 21 "Hussiein" Hiccup McCain 7 373 22 Bill Problem Clinton 7 318 23 BET Botched Blast Clinton 7 275 24 MLK Mischaracterization Clinton 7 274 25 Palin's Doctrine? Palin 7 268 26 Palin's Takeover Tale Palin 7 175 27 McCain's ER Care Plan McCain 7 132 28 "Bitter" Bungle Obama 6 655 29 Middle East Mishap Clinton 6 504 30 Pastor Problem Obama 6 439 31 Power Outage Obama 6 433 32 Freudian Slip McCain 6 392 33 Pledge of Allegiance Palin 6 156 34 Presumptuous Seal Obama 5 842 35 History Lesson Obama 5 818 36 Muslim Snub Obama 5 761 37 NAFTAGate Obama 5 327 38 Green Screen, Take 2 McCain 5 136 39 McCarthy Comment Obama 5 7 40 Unfriendly Behavior Obama 4 1,015 41 Translation Trip-Up Obama 4 713 42 "Typical" Grandma Obama 4 515 43 "Proud" Wife Obama 4 359 44 "Stand Up" Slip Up Biden 4 200 45 "Muslim" Mishap Obama 4 192 46 Palin Demotion Biden 4 159 47 Geography Goof Obama 4 135 48 "Barack" Bungle Biden 4 129 49 Presidential Introduction Obama 4 123 50 Word Game Obama 3 340 51 Penn State Fumble Obama 3 176 |