That kind of reminds me of what I actually think was one of the dumbest campaign moves in recent memory (though it was very insignificant):
In 2004, George W. Bush said his favorite athlete was Lance Armstrong. (This was long before he was disgraced as a cheater.) It was a pretty solid choice for favorite athlete: A winner who represented America on a world stage, and it wasn't going to alienate people who were fans of a team's rival like if he had picked a Yankees player or something.
John Kerry responded by saying that his favorite athlete was Greg LeMond. Picking a fairly obscure cyclist with a French-sounding last name (at a time when it was really popular to bag on France)? Dumb.
In 2004, George W. Bush said his favorite athlete was Lance Armstrong. (This was long before he was disgraced as a cheater.) It was a pretty solid choice for favorite athlete: A winner who represented America on a world stage, and it wasn't going to alienate people who were fans of a team's rival like if he had picked a Yankees player or something.
John Kerry responded by saying that his favorite athlete was Greg LeMond. Picking a fairly obscure cyclist with a French-sounding last name (at a time when it was really popular to bag on France)? Dumb.
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