Top : 10
Name : Anthony Weiner
Year : 2011
Source : Time Magazine
Mistake : US congressman who posted a picture of his genitalia on Twitter. He was forced to resign.
Anthony Weiner |
TOP : 9
Name : Mitt Romney
Year : 2012
Source : Daily Telegraph
Mistake : Romney caused offense after questioning London's ability to host the Olympic Games. He claimed "It's hard to know just how well it will turn out."
Mitt Romney |
TOP : 8
Name : Minoru Yanagida
Year : 2010
Source : Time Magazine
Mistake : Japan's Justice Minister was forced to resign after saying his job was easy and he didn't know why he had it.
Minoru Yanagida |
TOP : 7
Name : Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy
Year : 2011
Source : Irish Independent, Guardian - UK
Mistake : Before a press conference, Sarkozy said of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, "I cannot stand him. He's a liar." Obama replied, "You're fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day." Their microphones were on.
Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama |
TOP : 6
Name : Tony Clement
Year : 2010
Source : Reuters
Mistake : Canada's Industry Minister pleaded for "more Canadian sex stories" during a speech. He meant success stories.
Tony Clement |
TOP : 5
Name : Larry Craig
Year : 2007
Source : Time Magazine
Mistake : US Senator arrested after soliciting an undercover police officer in a male restroom. Held a press conference afterwards stating "I am not gay I never have been gay."
Larry Craig |
TOP : 4
Name : Dick Cheney
Year : 2006
Source : CNN
Mistake : US vice president who shot a campaign contributor in the face during a quail hunt.
Dick Cheney |
TOP : 3
Name : Mel Lastman
Year : 2001
Source : USA Today, ABC News
Mistake : Toronto's Mayor damaged his city's 2008 Olympic bid. Before going to Kenya to lobby African IOC delegates, he said "I just see myself in a pot of boiling water with... natives dancing around me."
TOP : 2
Name : Silvio Berlusconi
Year : 2009
Source : Daily Telegraph
Mistake : Caused outrage following an earthquake that left 17,000 Italians homeless. He joked "Of course their current lodgings are a bit temporary but they should see it like a weekend of camping."
Silvio Berlusconi |
TOP : 1
Name : George W. Bush
Year : 2000
Source : Washington Post
Mistake : Gaffe-prone President whose odd statements became known as Bushisms. He once said of education "Rarely is the question asked : Is our children learning?"
George W. Bush |
Data Sources :
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSjrHYDyD5o
- www.en.wikipedia.org
- www.nbcnewyork.com
- www.politico.com
- www.listelist.com
- www.thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
- www.huffingtonpost.ca
- www.politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
- www.nytimes.com
- www.munits.com
- www.aim.org
- www.cnn.com
Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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