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"Let's give thanks for the local news. Without Channel 4 W-letter-letter-letter (or K-letter-letter-letter, for West Coasters), we wouldn't have small market superstars. \nKai the hitchhiker hero and Sweet Brown, the no-time-for-this gal, would have floated into the abyss if TV reporters didn't highlight their kind acts or wise words. \nSEE ALSO: This News Anchor's Blooper Is Hysterically Awkward [NSFW]\n\nBut Kai and Brown are just the tip of the local news hour interviewees. This video compilation brings together several more shining stars from around the country and their, let's just say, interesting and animated communication skills.\nCNN should really work harder to have these guys on air instead of all those news anchors and political pundits. \nBONUS: 10 Unforgettable On-Air Political Bloopers \n\n\n\n10 Unforgettable On-Air Political Bloopers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRick Perry: \"Oops\"\n2012 presidential candidate Rick Perry drew a massive blank Wednesday night during CNBC\u2019s \u201CYour Money, Your Vote\u201D GOP debate. On stage in Michigan, Perry attempted to rattle off three federal government agencies he would eliminate, but failed to remember number three: \u201CCommerce, education and the \u2026 uh, um, what\u2019s the third one there. Let\u2019s see \u2026 \u201D The mental block lasted about 40 more seconds before Perry uttered, \u201COops.\u201D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarack Obama: \"57 States\"\nBarack Obama got the number of U.S. states wrong at a 2008 presidential campaign stop: \"Over the last 15 months, we\u2019ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I\u2019ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even, though, I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoe Biden: \"Stand up, Chuck.\"\nAt a campaign stop in 2008, then-Sen. Joe Biden asked fellow politician Chuck Graham to stand up and be recognized by the audience. Biden then realized Graham was in a wheelchair. \"Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see you. Oh, God love you. What am I talking about? I tell you what, you're making everybody else stand up, though, pal. I tell you what, stand up for Chuck. ... Can you tell I'm new at this?\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJesse Jackson: \"Obama's Nuts\"\nOn set before a Fox News interview, Rev. Jesse Jackson thought his microphone wasn't on yet and fired off negative comments about Barack Obama. \"See, Barack been, um, talking down to black people on this faith based.  I want to cut his nuts off.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorge Allen: \"Macaca\"\nIn 2006, then Sen. George Allen calls a campaign volunteer \"macaca,\" meaning monkey. The volunteer's name was S.R. Sidarth. \"This fellow here over here with the yellow shirt, 'macaca' or whatever his name is. ... Let's give a welcome to \"macaca\" here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBill Clinton Falls Asleep\nFormer President Bill Clinton was filmed dozing off behind a speaker at a service to Martin Luther King Jr. in 2008. During his presidency, Clinton was known for taking naps throughout the day and even at public events such as New York Mets game.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Palin: \"Paul Revere\"\nDuring her \"One Nation Bus Tour\" in 2011, Sarah Palin told a reporter that Paul Revere warned the British about armed revolutionaries. Historians, however, say Revere didn't use bells, but rather alerted revolutionaries about the British. Palin claims her recollection is accurate.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHoward Dean Screams\nAt a post-caucus rally during the 2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses, Howard Dean let out a scream that some viewers found odd coming from a presidential contender. Dean finished third in Iowa.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristine O'Donnell: \"I'm Not a Witch\"\nWhile this campaign ad from Christine O'Donnell isn't necessarily a blooper, it did leave many people scratching their heads.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorge W. Bush: \"One Time\"\nStarting at 0:20 in this reel of bloopers, George W. Bush says, \"The challenge facing the United States is that we have to be right one time, I mean, 100 percent of the time.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVideo courtesy of YouTube, FunnyLocalNews. Image via iStockphoto, wellphoto. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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