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Gaffes

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres on July 29, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel.  (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Are Romney 'gaffes' really dog whistles?

James Braxton Peterson
OPINION - At least one of Romney’s Olympic style gaffes may in fact pay some political dividends in the U.S. ...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (2ndR) and his wife Ann speak with jewish people during a visit at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes on July 31, 2012 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Is Mitt Romney 'not ready for prime-time'?

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings had a five-word summation of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's overseas trip: 'not ready for prime time'...
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1. “Food stamp president…” – Gingrich famously coined the term as his one-line descriptor of President Barack Obama. The idea was to ding the first black president on the record number of food assistance enrollees during his term (due to the Great Recession). But to many African-Americans, the term was loaded with racial stereotypes.

Newtisms: Gingrich's most memorable 2012 gaffes

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SLIDESHOW - So in commemoration of the end of Newt's 2012 campaign, here are his 12 most memorable lines...
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Slideshow: Rick Perry's 10 'greatest' gaffes

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SLIDESHOW - Rick Perry's candidacy was frequently overshadowed by his own gaffes and malapropisms. Let's go on a trip down memory lane from Ni**erhead to 'oops'...
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Are Cain's 15 minutes of fame ending in a flameout?

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - He's like the Kim Kardashian of the reality series known as the GOP primaries...
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Will abortion gaffes cripple the Cain campaign?

Michael Arceneaux
OPINION - Though Cain is still considered a 'frontrunner' in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, there's a new snafu that might alienate the very bloc of the party that has helped him rise to prominence...
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Say what? The 10 most ignorant things athletes have ever said

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Take Dwyane Wade, for example. Just yesterday, the Miami Heat guard apologized for saying that the media would compare his team's potential losses to 9/11...
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