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Mocking a Candidate's Stutter: Creigh Deeds Gets An Apology

Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, scored a coup by winning an endorsement from Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television. But Johnson didn't do McDonnell any favors the other day at a rally in Hampton Roads, when she made fun of the way Democrat Creigh Deeds talks. Here's video footage taken by the Deeds campaign's McDonnell "tracker" (both sides have them to keep tabs on the opposition and, perhaps, capture the perfect "gotcha" moment). Deeds doesn't have a constant stutter, but he sometimes speaks haltingly. Deeds adviser Mo Elleithee ...

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