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Election gaffes aren't just a Canadian thing

By: Mia Rabson

Posted: 10/1/2008 4:12 PM | Comments: 0

This entire election has been almost a farce when it comes to politicians shooting off their mouths about stupid things.Whether it was defecating birds, toking NDPers,tasteless joking Agriculture Ministers or 9-11 conspiracy theorists, the gaffes have come fast and furious.But for the most part the mistakes and stupid statements have come from candidates and MPs. The leaders have generally avoided the Stockwell Day syndrome of the 2000 election. Unfortunately, U.S.Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, has not.Palin apparently forgot her running mate is the oldest person to ever seek the White House's oval office job. Well for the first time apparently since Reagan was older when he was re-elected in 1984.So she chose to make a joke about the age of Sen. Joe Biden, who is the Democratic vice-presidential candidate and the man Palin will debate on live television Thursday night. (When I'm sure all Canadians will be watching the Canadian leaders' debates right????)At least she is learning early how to try and recover from foot in mouth syndrome. It's apparently an epidemic in politics these days.

Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press

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About Mia Rabson

Mia Rabson is a born and bred Winnipegger whose interest in politics seemed clear when she dressed up as Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for Halloween in the 7th grade.

Her interest in writing was no surprise to her parents, who learned early in Mia’s life that no piece of blank paper — or wall, for that matter — was safe in her hands.

She holds an honours BA in English from Queen’s University, a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Western Ontario, and has completed a political journalism fellowship in Washington, D.C. with the Washington Centre for Politics and Journalism.

Prior to working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Mia briefly worked for the Detroit News in the paper’s Washington bureau.

Mia joined the Free Press team in February 2001, and in April 2001 was appointed to the Manitoba legislature bureau. In December 2004, she was appointed bureau chief at the legislature. She became the newspaper’s parliamentary bureau chief/national reporter in Ottawa in January 2008.

In 2008 she was nominated for a Michener Award with a team of reporters from the Free Press for its coverage of the province’s child welfare system.

She counts reliving the invasion at Dieppe, France, with veterans of the failed Second World War expedition and overcoming her fear of heights to touch the Golden Boy statue atop the Legislative Building among her favourite experiences as a reporter.

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