U.S. election campaigns have become gaffe-centric. Candidates live in fear of letting slip that sentence, or half-sentence, that makes the opposition’s day.
Take a town hall appearance earlier this month by Republican Rep. Allen West of Foridla.
During the meeting, the Tea Party-affiliated legislator — who serves Florida’s 22nd Congressional District but is seeking re-election in its redrawn and more Republican-leaning 18th District — was asked by an attendee, “What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists or international socialists?”
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