A collection of stories tagged 'gaffes' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:31:29 EST For this week's assignment, host Andrea Seabrook and our listeners give you ideas for planning a gaffe-free election night party. Next week, we'd like to hear your stories about the smartest thing your pet has ever done. E-mail your stories to Homework@NPR.org, or call the Homework Hotline at 202-408-5183 http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/58370 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96476909&ft=1&f=1051 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:59:00 EST After nearly two years of campaign ads, gaffes and laughs, the 2008 presidential election is less than one week away. Some of the campaign's greatest hits have been put together in a compilation not available in stores. Here's a very special offer for all you news junkies and political flunkies. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/58137 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96249260&ft=1&f=1012 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EDT John McCain and Barack Obama met in their first debate Friday night and clashed over the financial crisis, taxes, spending and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The theme of the night was supposed to have been foreign policy, but the Wall Street meltdown and continuing negotiations over a federal bailout forced their way onto the agenda. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/56450 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95128690&ft=1&f=1001 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EDT During three decades in the U.S. Senate, Joseph Biden, 65, has honed a reputation as a heavyweight on foreign policy and national security, and as a strong debater, if one sometimes prone to verbal gaffes. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54639 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93903313&ft=1&f=1012 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:13:00 EDT The White House has apologized for a biography of Silvio Berlusconi that calls the Italian leader "one of the most controversial leaders in the history of a country known for government corruption and vice." The bio was distributed at the G-8 summit. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/52309 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92348900&ft=1&f=1012 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT As the Pennsylvania primary approaches, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have both adopted a TV ad saturation strategy. The ad barrage began with warm and fuzzy spots, but recently, both candidates have begun focusing on the other's public gaffes. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/47912 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89779101&ft=1&f=1001 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:07:00 EDT In the 21st Democratic debate, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama traded barbs about "bittergate," Rev. Jeremiah Wright and a certain Bosnia tarmac. Neither candidate would say if they share the ticket with the other. The debate falls just before the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/47762 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89709688&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:41:00 EDT Host Alex Chadwick talks to NPR senior Washington editor Ron Elving about costly gaffes made by presidential candidates. After Senator Barak Obama's "bitter" comment, is he successfully moving past it? http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/47593 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89621365&ft=1&f=1012 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:02:00 EDT Sparking discussion this week: Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) speech on race; the release of Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) schedules as first lady; and Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) miscue on Iran's training of militants. The Weekly Standard's Matthew Continetti and the Brookings Institution's E.J. Dionne Jr. talk with Robert Siegel. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/46617 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88689984&ft=1&f=1012 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:48:00 EDT During his Middle East tour, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) blames Iran several times for training al-Qaida in Iraq, before correcting himself to say Iran was training Shiite militants. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/46578 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88607488&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:00:00 EDT If a political candidate makes a gaffe and comedy writers aren't around to make fun of it, does it make a sound? Bill Sheft, a writer for The Late Show with David Letterman, talks about the impact of the lack of late-night laughs, and how we are affected by the absence of political humor. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42628 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16923938&ft=1&f=1051 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:12:00 EST Iraq again dominated the week in Washington, with a new intelligence report shaping the debate on U.S. policy there. Also in Washington this week, the Lewis Libby trial for perjury put prosecution witnesses on the stand and Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) opened his presidential bid with a gaffe. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/30570 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7146848 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:43:00 EST Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) says he made a botched attempt at a joke this week. Partisan furor erupted. But he's far from the only politician from either party to stick his foot in his mouth. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/25495 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6437599 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:00:00 EST Sen. George Allen, who could once count on winning re-election -- and possibly running for the White House in 2008 -- is now in a tight race. A series of gaffes by Allen has turned his race with Democrat Jim Webb from a sure thing into a nail-biter. Virginia voters try to make sense of what has happened to the Allen campaign. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24206 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6168144 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:00:00 EDT All politicians say things they regret, but some say things they really regret: ill-advised remarks that change the trajectory of their careers in an instant. The most recent example is Virginia Sen. George Allen, who has dropped off most short lists for president in 2008 after calling a dark-skinned man in his audience "macaca." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23234 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5751603 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:35:00 EDT Several gaffes characterized Thursday's meeting between President Bush and President Hu Jintao, from a vocal Falun Gong protester to a misidentification of China's governmental name. But the incidents weren't reported in the Chinese media -- partly to protect Hu's standing. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/18525 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5356286 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:23:00 EDT A month ago, it appeared Angela Merkel and Germany's Christian Democratic Union were headed for an easy victory. But a series of recent gaffes by the CDU has tightened the race. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/15569 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4811297 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT