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Who here remembers Quayle and potatoe?
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:04 pm
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Dan Quayle Misspells 'Potato'-Video
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Dan Quayle moment? Obama flubs spelling of 'respect' | Fox News
Refresh my memory, Zach, or older poli boarders. Did CBS et al... do breaking news on this? I had just moved to Cuba and was news sheltered and missed it. What is the full back story?
This post was edited on 2/18/17 at 6:04 pm
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Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:17 pm to cajunangelle
Typical stuff.
Media circus to feed the narrative that Republicans are dumb.
The fact that we are talking about it 25 years later tells you all you need to know.
It was fairly manufactured as well. Adding the e to potato was an alternative spelling.
The e is added when you pluralize potato which may have thrown him off but it was just a circle jerk.
Media circus to feed the narrative that Republicans are dumb.
The fact that we are talking about it 25 years later tells you all you need to know.
It was fairly manufactured as well. Adding the e to potato was an alternative spelling.
The e is added when you pluralize potato which may have thrown him off but it was just a circle jerk.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:18 pm to cajunangelle
Hammered him for a year about it
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:23 pm to cajunangelle
Like it was yesterday ... my wife and I were just joking about it a little while ago when I made the same mistake writing the word on our dry erase grocery board.
The MSM has been playing the we're all stupid game with us for a long time.
The worst I can remember in my lifetime was how they came after Spiro Agnew.
The MSM has been playing the we're all stupid game with us for a long time.
The worst I can remember in my lifetime was how they came after Spiro Agnew.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:25 pm to Scoop
quote:
Typical stuff.
Media circus to feed the narrative that Republicans are dumb.
The fact that we are talking about it 25 years later tells you all you need to know.
It was fairly manufactured as well. Adding the e to potato was an alternative spelling.
The e is added when you pluralize potato which may have thrown him off but it was just a circle jerk.
Great summary!
Perhaps we should ask the thread title be edited to include the plural e?
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:26 pm to cajunangelle
No, it wasn't breaking news but they did report on it. Quayle being a little thick was already a theme.
What made it funny is that the kid spelled it correctly but Quayle "fixed" it by adding the "e".
What made it funny is that the kid spelled it correctly but Quayle "fixed" it by adding the "e".
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:26 pm to cajunangelle
quote:
Refresh my memory, Zach, or older poli boarders. Did CBS et al... do breaking news on this? I had just moved to Cuba and was news sheltered and missed it. What is the full back story?
Quayle was at a school doing a PR type of appearance that most every politician does at some point. When asked to spell potato, Quayle spelled it "potatoe." Media went nuts and it was national news for months. Quayle said he read the spelling off a card provided by the school -- cards that you can clearly see in the photo you posted.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:27 pm to cajunangelle
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:27 pm to cajunangelle
Wasn't it spelled with an 'e' on the flash card?
Also, the kid was on David Letterman.
Also, the kid was on David Letterman.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:27 pm to Scoop
quote:
Adding the e to potato was an alternative spelling.
If I remember correctly, the teacher was at the back of the room with a sign that spelled it "POTATOE". He was reading her spelling of the word.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:27 pm to scrooster
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The worst I can remember in my lifetime was how they came after Spiro Agnew.
Agnew was a criminal, as was later proven in a court of law.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:28 pm to cajunangelle
Never seen this before 
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Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:28 pm to AUstar
What the frick? They didn't ask the VP to just go up to the board and spell "potato"
It was the kid doing it. Quayle "corrected" him by spelling it wrong. Thus, the lolz.
It was the kid doing it. Quayle "corrected" him by spelling it wrong. Thus, the lolz.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:39 pm to Jim Rockford
Spiro Agnew was taking kickback money and bribes in cash in his office while Governor of Maryland. He was a liar and a crook.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:50 pm to cajunangelle
and yet...
the plural of the word does have an e
the plural of the word does have an e
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:52 pm to cajunangelle
I can see you're still chewing on it damn near 30 years later.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:57 pm to cajunangelle
I played golf with Dan Quayle during his short lived POTUS run. One of the guys in our foursome asked him about it. He was just aw shucks about it.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 5:57 pm to Scoop
quote:
It was fairly manufactured as well. Adding the e to potato was an alternative spelling.
The e is added when you pluralize potato which may have thrown him off but it was just a circle jerk
It wasn't so much as the spelling that was funny, it was the fact that he failed at correcting a 7 year old.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 6:03 pm to Navytiger74
I truly heard about it but missed it after I arrived to the Navy's best kept secret. The best place to live EVAH!
Get me a job there and I will buy you another Vespa!
Get me a job there and I will buy you another Vespa!
Posted on 2/18/17 at 6:04 pm to Sidicous
potatoe-done. 
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