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There are so many by politicians, but I think Santorum comparing homosexuality to "sex with dogs" and "man-on-boy" sex was a huge mistake. It made him seem bizarre even to some anti-gay religious people who wonder just how deeply he thinks about sex with dogs and boys.
The real gaffs were such as the brain freeze of Perry (only could remember 2 agencies) and a couple others. He went from near certain winner to blown out by actually relatively minor gaffs that had nothing to do with issues.
Not really. A lot of anti-gay-rights folks subscribe to "the gay marriage, then pedophilia, then bestiality" slippery slope argument.
And I don't believe Perry was ever going to be a near-certain winner. His gaffe potential was merely a ticking time bomb. It was gonna go off sooner or later, that debate just happened to be the one where it went off.
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