And it wasn’t even that awkward! At least it wasn’t if you were there in the room, among the roaring crowd. But they took the isolated audio from a single microphone. And poof. That was the end of his campaign.
I think that Dean could have recovered from it, if he just owned it. Hell, if he decided from that point to make it his own and use it to interrupt rude Republicans, that would have won him a lot of people.
That creeps me out because of how religious and brainwashed it sounds. If I know nothing else about Carter, I would not vote for him based on that quote.
You don’t even have to go that far back. Howard Dean’s enthusiastic-but-awkward yell was such a non-issue, and it still ruined his whole campaign.
And it wasn’t even that awkward! At least it wasn’t if you were there in the room, among the roaring crowd. But they took the isolated audio from a single microphone. And poof. That was the end of his campaign.
I think that Dean could have recovered from it, if he just owned it. Hell, if he decided from that point to make it his own and use it to interrupt rude Republicans, that would have won him a lot of people.
It was even more of a non issue than you think. The clip that went around had the audience noise removed to make it seem more awkward than it was.
I remember when they tore Jimmy Carter apart for this: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jimmy_carter_130252
That creeps me out because of how religious and brainwashed it sounds. If I know nothing else about Carter, I would not vote for him based on that quote.
It would make me more likely, even though I’m an atheist. He was being honest with himself and honest to the public.
It’s far better than some politician exclaiming how faithful and religious they are, then getting caught blowing the poolboy in a rented car.
Honest with himself sure, but that doesn’t change that what he was being honest about was that he is brainwashed by the church.
BEYAHHH!