The interesting thing about gaffs is not that they happen.
They happen to everyone. Today, I forgot the word acronym. What's interesting is how the ones that stick are ones that confirm what people already suspect about the person who said them.
They happen to everyone. Today, I forgot the word acronym. What's interesting is how the ones that stick are ones that confirm what people already suspect about the person who said them.
That's not to say legitimately not knowing something important isn't a problem. But if you give 4 hours of speeches a day, you're going to trip over words.
Yet no one honestly thought Obama didn't know how many states there were when he said he visited 53 of them.
Yet no one honestly thought Obama didn't know how many states there were when he said he visited 53 of them.
Trump was unique in that regard: To the best of my knowledge, he is the only president to claim the facts change to justify a gaffe. Saying "covfefe" was intentional, altering weather maps to show Alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian, claiming he said "Tim from Apple".
But in the general case, people react differently to George W. Bush saying "make the pie higher" and Obama misspelling the word advice.
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