Real World blunder that was made by someone in the public sphere

A "Real-World" blunder that was made by someone in the public sphere came to mind was one that made by Howard Dean when he was campaigning for President Election in 2004.

He was in the south at the time giving a speech, and he said "I am tired of coming to the South and fighting elections on guns, God and gays. We're going to fight this election on our turf, which is going to be jobs, education and health care."

I think there may be some truth in his statement about the South focusing on guns, God, and gays whenever there is an election. However, this impression is also a stereotype because not all people in the South only focus on guns, God, and gays. People in the south care about jobs, education and healthcare just as much as people in the nouth. I think it was very arrogant of Howard Dean to think that guns, God, and gays is all the southern people can think about and that they are not intelligent to talk about other issues.