Perhaps one of his many wives could have corrected him?

Massachusettes Governor Mitt Romney stepped in it on Saturday. Referring to the problems with the Big Dig during a speech in Iowa (running for President, Mitt? You sure?) he said "The best thing politically would be to stay as far away from that tar baby as I can."

Oops.

On the plus side, one of Santa's the Easter Bunny's the Tooth Fairy's friends had something to say: "Tar baby is a totally inappropriate phrase in the 21st century," said Larry Jones, a black Republican and civil rights activist.