remember when howard dean yelled real loud one time and they put his ass in the garbage

That was a straight-up character assassination.

Dean yelled at a campaign rally and everyone knows that there is a very narrow band of acceptable campaign rally tones. Nice try loser, we'll take John Kerry, a guy who has never yelled, in any setting.

there was a prominent canadian politician who torpedoed his career in the 70s because someone snapped a photo of him dropping a football while playing catch at a campaign stopover

Dukakis looked funny in a helmet and that was disqualifying and they still show that pic when his name comes up

God we used to not tolerate missteps. I miss that about us.

remember the dukakis tank ride lol

in all seriousness these guys had bigger obstacles they couldnt overcome and attributing their losses to these gaffes grants the media more power than it has. that said the media is too powerful and has a real fkin problem thinking its their business who gets to compete and who doesnt

It makes me so mad.