Dean "gaffs" or brilliant political strategy?

[patricia92243]

Gov. Dean so called "gaffes" do not hurt his poll numbers, and they get him double free publicity.

First, when he makes the "gaff", all the talking heads and legitimate press talk about it ad nauseum.

Second, Gov. Dean sets the record straight on what he really said or meant- and all the talking heads and (legitimate press) talk about it once again.

Gov. Dean is getting free publicity - twice. His opponents would kill for this much free media publicity.

"Gaffs" are great - if you are our good Dr. Dean!!

[Bombtrack]

1. In other words he'll do anything to win a primary

even if it hurts his chances even more for his miniscule chances in a general election.

[bearfartinthewoods]

2. is this the talking point for today from the dean team memo?

two threads with the same "theory" and the problem with the theory is the pundits are NOT talking about the substance of what ever the subject was. they are talking about how gaffe prone he is. not all free press is good press if it's making you look incompetent.

[NewGuy]

3. In the election...

these gaffs will be the campaign ads of the bush* camp. They will run without commentary and without correction. Many of them make Dean look like a dufus!!

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[artr2]

5. The commentary or corrections will be

ads from the Dean campaign paid for me & hundreds of thousands like me! This is why Dean dropped out of the campaign finance system. To fight ad with ad. And rather that Dean looking like a dufus - we will make * look like an asshole

Edit:corrections

[Jack_Dawson]

4. Gaffes are Poor Strategy

Nice attempt at spin, however.

[Atlant]

7. If they actually existed. (NT)

[Atlant]

6. The "Gaffes" are just a meme spread by opponents.

The idea that Dean requently produces "Gaffes" is just
a meme spread by opponents.

Like the claims that Al Gore was a "serial exagerator",
"constantly re-inventing himself", "trying to be the
Alpha male", etc., they're just shit thought up by
opponents, spread by coordinated effort, and thrown
liberally at the candidate in the certainty that if
you throw enough shit, some of it is bound to stick.

Atlant

[papau]

9. true - they are GOP/media invented storyline - and our Non right wing GOP

media never thinks for itself.

[LuminousX]

8. It's funny, up until this campaign season, I never really heard the word

gaffe before. Now, everytime the opposition mentions Dean, they make sure they work the word gaffe in there.

One person's 'gaffe' is another person's minor misunderstanding or more to the point, another person's non-mistake that other's call a mistake.

Whatever floats your boat. I've only seen one verbal mistake come from the Dean campaign and that was over medicare - and Dean was quick to correct it. Everything else has been right on target.

[Moderator]

10. Dupe...consolidating

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