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OPINION: Having feet in mouth makes the job tough.
Byline: Linda P. Campbell
Nov. 1--Ordinarily, sounding foolish and inarticulate wouldn't be a firing offense -- certainly not in the Bush administration.
But John Tanner, chief of the Justice Department's Voting Section, made his inept comments about elderly minority voters at the National Latino Congreso.
He did it just three weeks before testifying in Congress about the direction of the office he supervises.
And video of his bumbling was posted -- and skewered -- on The BRAD BLOG, and then made its way to YouTube.
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