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><channel><title>Politics Fail</title> <atom:link href="http://www.politicsfail.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.politicsfail.com</link> <description>Political gaffes, misquotes &#38; other embarrassments caused by our elected officials.</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:01:54 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3</generator> <item><title>Romney&#8217;s Money Shot</title><link>http://www.politicsfail.com/romneys-money-shot/</link> <comments>http://www.politicsfail.com/romneys-money-shot/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:01:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Republican Hopefuls]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=255</guid> <description><![CDATA[Whoops. It may be Photoshopped, but you can&#8217;t spell Romney without $$!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Whoops.</p><p><a
href="http://www.politicsfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/romney-money-kids.jpg"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-257" title="romney-money-kids" src="http://www.politicsfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/romney-money-kids.jpg" alt="" width="465" height="372" /></a></p><p>It may be Photoshopped, but you can&#8217;t spell Romney without $$!</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.politicsfail.com/romneys-money-shot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joe Biden Catches Himself Before Indian Call Center Gaffe</title><link>http://www.politicsfail.com/joe-biden-catches-himself-before-indian-call-center-gaffe/</link> <comments>http://www.politicsfail.com/joe-biden-catches-himself-before-indian-call-center-gaffe/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:14:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Presidential Gaffes]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=252</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joe Biden starts to mimic an Indian accent when talking about call centers, when he suddenly pauses and realizes maybe that&#8217;s not the best idea.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Joe Biden starts to mimic an Indian accent when talking about call centers, when he suddenly pauses and realizes maybe that&#8217;s not the best idea.</p><p><iframe
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=249</guid> <description><![CDATA[An extension on his treastie that &#8220;Corporations are people, my friend,&#8221; Mitt Romney has gone ahead and anthropomorphized banks too. &#8220;The banks are scared to death, of course,&#8221; Romeny told a Monday rountable of Florida business owners. &#8220;They&#8217;re feeling the same thing that you&#8217;re feeling. And so they just want to pretend that all this [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>An extension on his treastie that &#8220;Corporations are people, my friend,&#8221; Mitt Romney has gone ahead and anthropomorphized banks too.</p><p>&#8220;The banks are scared to death, of course,&#8221; Romeny told a Monday rountable of Florida business owners. &#8220;They&#8217;re feeling the same thing that you&#8217;re feeling. And so they just want to pretend that all this is just going to get paid some day.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.politicsfail.com/romney-says-banks-are-feeling-the-same-things-you-are/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Romney tells Floridians &#8220;I&#8217;m also unemployed&#8221;</title><link>http://www.politicsfail.com/romney-tells-floridians-im-also-unemployed/</link> <comments>http://www.politicsfail.com/romney-tells-floridians-im-also-unemployed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:12:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Republican Hopefuls]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=245</guid> <description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re pretty sure if you look up &#8220;Out-of-touch&#8221; in the dictionary, you&#8217;ll see a picture of Romney&#8217;s face.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>We&#8217;re pretty sure if you look up &#8220;Out-of-touch&#8221; in the dictionary, you&#8217;ll see a picture of Romney&#8217;s face.<br
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=240</guid> <description><![CDATA[Santorum has thanked his recent surge in the polls on his fashionable sweater vest. &#8220;Fear the vest,&#8221; he said to reporters when asked about his increasing popularity. Watch more sweater vesting in all its glory:]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Santorum has thanked his recent surge in the polls on his fashionable sweater vest. &#8220;Fear the vest,&#8221; he said to reporters when asked about his increasing popularity.</p><p><a
href="http://www.politicsfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/rick-santorum-sweater-vest.jpg"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-241" title="Santorum Wears Lucky Sweater Vest" src="http://www.politicsfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/rick-santorum-sweater-vest.jpg" alt="santorum-sweater-vest" width="300" height="300" /></a></p><p>Watch more sweater vesting in all its glory:</p><p><iframe
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=237</guid> <description><![CDATA[Is it just us, or does his wife look really annoyed he&#8217;s ruined her ad?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Is it just us, or does his wife look really annoyed he&#8217;s ruined her ad?<br
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=232</guid> <description><![CDATA[In a press release, Rick Perry referred to the deceased South Korean dictator as Kim Jong the second, perhaps confusing &#8220;il&#8221; with &#8220;II.&#8221; He&#8217;s in good company with this &#8220;oops&#8221; moment though, George W. Bush made the same oversight during his presidency. &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>In a press release, Rick Perry referred to the deceased South Korean dictator as Kim Jong the second, perhaps confusing &#8220;il&#8221; with &#8220;II.&#8221; He&#8217;s in good company with this &#8220;oops&#8221; moment though, George W. Bush made the same oversight during his presidency.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a
href="http://www.politicsfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rick-perry-kim-jong-il.jpg"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-233" title="rick-perry-kim-jong-il" src="http://www.politicsfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rick-perry-kim-jong-il.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="388" /></a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.politicsfail.com/rick-perry-confuses-kim-jong-ils-name-with-kim-jong-ii/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fox News Primary Map and Geography Fail</title><link>http://www.politicsfail.com/fox-news-primary-map-and-geography-fail/</link> <comments>http://www.politicsfail.com/fox-news-primary-map-and-geography-fail/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:54:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Presidential Gaffes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republican Hopefuls]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=224</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fox has forgotten where New Hampshire and Nevada really are on the map, at least according to last night&#8217;s broadcast, which mislabeled both Vermont and Utah.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Fox has forgotten where New Hampshire and Nevada really are on the map, at least according to last night&#8217;s broadcast, which mislabeled both Vermont and Utah.</p><p><a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=218</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney nonchalantly offered up $10,000 in an argument with Rick Perry, betting that his book didn&#8217;t mention anything about Massachusetts health care being a model for the nation. Wealthy businessman Romney was once again criticized for being out-of-touch with everyday Americans.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Mitt Romney nonchalantly offered up $10,000 in an argument with Rick Perry, betting that his book didn&#8217;t mention anything about Massachusetts health care being a model for the nation. Wealthy businessman Romney was once again criticized for being out-of-touch with everyday Americans.</p><p><iframe
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.politicsfail.com/?p=215</guid> <description><![CDATA[In a Friday debate, Rick Perry mentioned the &#8220;eight unelected and, frankly, unaccountable judges&#8221; when there are actually 9 in order to break ties, and also struggled to find the name of Sonia Sotomayor, landing on &#8220;Montemayor&#8221; at one point in the Iowa debate.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>In a Friday debate, Rick Perry mentioned the &#8220;eight unelected and, frankly, unaccountable judges&#8221; when there are actually 9 in order to break ties, and also struggled to find the name of Sonia Sotomayor, landing on &#8220;Montemayor&#8221; at one point in the Iowa debate.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.politicsfail.com/rick-perry-forgets-names-and-number-of-supreme-court-justices/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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