Obama's quick wit may have backfired on him during a 2008 Democratic primary debate.
Kevin Kelly wrote the best description I have seen so far of why the frame rate gambit seems to have backfired.
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Successful efforts to persuade Muslims to vote early were said to have backfired when television showed pictures of Muslims streaming into polling stations.
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But that may have backfired last week, when the Grand Central Apple Store found its way into the spotlight for reasons other than its attractive layout.
Democrat councillor Mary Newman believes the move may have backfired.
In South Korea, attempts to remove Roh Moo-hyun have backfired catastrophically: a brand-new party loyal to Mr Roh has seized a majority in the country's parliament (see article).
There's not enough revenue, the few attempts to actually make bucks have backfired with users, and in 2008 we'll see an exodus of the cool kids that made the site popular.
Ferrari have started the season with an updated version of last year's car but the move has backfired this season as rule changes in the off-season have left their virtually unbeatable 2004 model well off the pace.
This is a significant development and shows leadership by the EU, whose politicians have acknowledged that an aggressive biofuels policy has backfired.
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"They have tried to be cute on the timing but that has backfired, " said Ian Gordon at Investec.
Even so, it is a strategy fraught with risk, for every time the Republicans have seemed to be milking the scandal politically, it has backfired on them.
Capello will also have enjoyed finer nights in his illustrious career as his major decisions backfired.
President Obama's latest sequestration gambit backfired for the same reason his previous attempts this year have flopped.
She added that Sandusky might have thought he was still playing to his Penn State fan base, but it backfired.
Though the deal backfired, the ANP's attempt to strip the Taliban of public sympathy seems to have worked, as few people in Malakand division have any words of praise for them any more.
However, that plan backfired as Wales struggled to a 20-15 win - a bigger margin of victory would have meant Wales finishing second in the table that season.
He may have been trying to finally ditch his image as a political swot and appear one of the lads, but the move badly backfired leading to claims he was wildly exaggerating - and in any case, is it something he should have been boasting about?
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