Wednesday, May 09, 2007

On Being Off By 83,000%

From the BBC:

In a campaign slip-up, US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama dramatically overstated the number killed by recent tornadoes in Kansas.

"In case you missed it, this week there was a tragedy in Kansas," he said, adding that 10,000 people had died.

The true number of people killed was 12. Mr Obama later appeared to blame tiredness for the gaffe.

Note to self: Remember to take Nyquil after final campaign stop of the day.

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