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Dan Quayle strikes again

Discussion in 'Alley of Lingering Sighs' started by The Great Snook, Mar 10, 2014.

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    Anyone else remember how this was the top story for weeks and to this day the guys entire legacy is based on spelling and that he is an idiot?

     
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    It wasn't just a single incidence. P-O-T-A-T-O-E was one of a long string of gaffs by VP Quayle -- my favorite was his butchering of the NAACP slogan when he was actually speaking to the NAACP:

    "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."

    The official slogan was "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" -- referring to the small percentage of black kids going on to college at the time (along with high drop out rates).

    A whole bunch can be found here.
     
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    Also, Obama can usually spell things correctly.

    That said, Dan Quayle has been quite successful in the business world as well as working behind the scenes in various think tanks these past few decades. He doesn't have a particularly quick wit and isn't a particularly talented extemporaneous speaker, but he is also no idiot.
     
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