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To: Constant Reader who wrote (14515)	6/8/2002 4:47:01 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

pretty run-of-the-mill mistakes. Adding an e to potato is run of the mill. but is... no no no i won't i won't

To: Constant Reader who wrote (14515)	6/8/2002 6:59:25 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 21057

In all fairness, I'm not sure the reputation of most politicians could survive such close scrutiny and mass dissemination of pretty run-of-the-mill mistakes. That's the key point, IMO. Everybody makes gaffes from time to time. I do, you do, even Karen does, I expect. (One person here doesn't, or at least will claim they don't, but I don't want to embarrass them by naming them.) If you have the press around your recording every word you utter, there are going to be some that can be taken out of context or just picked on. It's just a matter of whether the press wants to play "gotcha" with you. I understand that the average speaker speaks about 70 words per minute. If a politician speaks publicly for four hours out of the day, they will have said 16,800 words a day or 117,600 words a week. In that mass of words, there are going to be a few boo-boos, dumb things, etc.