It’s really not a “botched joke” but some would like to spin it into one.
And look at how (via Fox News) this is jumped upon to turn it into the latest frenzied news byte controversy — one that will suck up air time and print space. Fox News takes a swipe at the national press corps for raising it — when they raise it — but we suspect this clip will be re-run over and over at Fox. Watch for talkers such as Sean, Rush, etc. and other commentors to make this The Big Issue Of The Day when it comes to Hillary Clinton. Another example of how American politics and the news media that covers it invariably veers away from issues:
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QandO, Hot Air, James Joyner, Taylor Marsh, No More Mister Niceblog The Combs Report, Susan’s Space, UNCoRRRELATED, Tennessee Guerilla Women
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.