10 Weird Things That Happened During Presidential Campaigns

AARP ^ | September 2016 | Frank Wiley

[DallasBiff]

Candidates have made plenty of blunders, quirky comments and plain old bad choices through the years

| Running for a second term in 1976, President Gerald Fold declared during a debate, “There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford administration.” Since the Soviets did, in fact, occupy much of the region, moderator Max Frankel gave Ford a chance to recant, but Ford held firm.

[DallasBiff]

I know an article from 8 years ago, but in my lifetime the biggest political mistake was this picture. >p>

[FlingWingFlyer]

Joe Pedo plagiarized Khrushchev’s “We Will Bury You!” to Americans on his final State of the Union Show. His own party then tossed him out of office.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember when I first saw that on the news. He reminded me of a possum with a big grin on his face sticking it’s head out of a hole.

[Repeat Offender]

John F’n Kerry reporting for doody and is this where I get me a huntin license?

[ro_dreaming]

The Gary Hart thing was pretty bad, too.