Remember when we absolutely crucified Dan Quayle for misspelling Potato?

[wiffleball 4,788]

Good times.

[edjr 6,578]

[tanatastic 2,062]

He never recovered from that. A classic moment before the Information Age even took off.

[wiffleball 4,788]

He never recovered from that. A classic moment before the Information Age even took off.

Exactly. I just wanted to put that in as a contextual placeholder. Now FF to today:

 

Trump LITERALLY misspelled "Tap" (TAPP) as in wiretap. Keystroke error? Well, remember, Twitter has spell-check, but we'll let that slide. In fact, we'll let 99 out of 100 slide for him. - Even in the Quayle Context - when there was no spell-check.

 

So, Trump issues a Tweet that really could and should rock the Republic. A former POTUS spying on a POTUS candidate? That's HUGE. (or "yooge"). It took him THREE TIMES - WITH SPELLCHECK - to spell "hereby" correctly. No shiit.

 

For the idiots that scream 'grammar nazi!' - then why did Trump go BACK REPEATEDLY to try, try and try again to spell it right? If he didn't care, why do that? And who can't spell 'hereby'? And, if you're going to issue what amounts to a potential Republic-killer, maybe slow down and utilize the spell check. It's obvious he doesn't even know how that works.

 

But more to the point is the juxtaposition of Quayle vs. Trump. We killed Quayle, but shrug at Trump's repeated stupidity. (And before him, George Jr) Are the candidates any dumber? Or is the electorate?

 

I don't think we should break into north or south, red or blue, how about just stupid and not?

Everybody who watches Duck Dynasty and/or Kardashians? You get WV, MS, AL, and FL - home of the TrumpHouse. Enjoy.

 

"What do you think about the possibility of Mutually Assured Destruction?"

 

"I think it's a good idea."

 

 

N

[supermike80 1,791]

Exactly. I just wanted to put that in as a contextual placeholder. Now FF to today:

 

Trump LITERALLY misspelled "Tap" (TAPP) as in wiretap. Keystroke error? Well, remember, Twitter has spell-check, but we'll let that slide. In fact, we'll let 99 out of 100 slide for him. - Even in the Quayle Context - when there was no spell-check.

 

So, Trump issues a Tweet that really could and should rock the Republic. A former POTUS spying on a POTUS candidate? That's HUGE. (or "yooge"). It took him THREE TIMES - WITH SPELLCHECK - to spell "hereby" correctly. No shiit.

 

For the idiots that scream 'grammar nazi!' - then why did Trump go BACK REPEATEDLY to try, try and try again to spell it right? If he didn't care, why do that? And who can't spell 'hereby'? And, if you're going to issue what amounts to a potential Republic-killer, maybe slow down and utilize the spell check. It's obvious he doesn't even know how that works.

 

But more to the point is the juxtaposition of Quayle vs. Trump. We killed Quayle, but shrug at Trump's repeated stupidity. (And before him, George Jr) Are the candidates any dumber? Or is the electorate?

 

I don't think we should break into north or south, red or blue, how about just stupid and not?

Everybody who watches Duck Dynasty and/or Kardashians? You get WV, MS, AL, and FL - home of the TrumpHouse. Enjoy.

 

"What do you think about the possibility of Mutually Assured Destruction?"

 

"I think it's a good idea."

 

 

N

I make it a point to not read your posts cause you talk way too much

[fandandy 3,313]

He was VP from 89-93. Those that paid attention to politics back then were prolly born between what, 1930's to 1950's. Those folks were educated a bit differently I would imagine than the way most of the voters these days were.

 

Also there's this:

 

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe

 

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
― Winston S. Churchill

 

But at the end of the day, he's still better than Hillary.

[mighty_thor 115]

He never recovered from that. A classic moment before the Information Age even took off.

I think he took a bigger from Murphy Brown.

[Cdub100 3,823]

Trump LITERALLY misspelled "Tap" (TAPP) as in wiretap. Keystroke error?

 

 

It makes me laugh you still don't "get it" I bet you retweeted it and had a good laugh didn't you?

[wiffleball 4,788]

I think he took a bigger from Murphy Brown.

Yeah, not his finest move.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,296]

If by "we" you mean the MSM that was unchecked for decades, you'd be correct. Your point? Obama stated we had 58 states and no one blinked in the MSM.

 

Sad state of affairs we live in today. One side gets slaughtered and the gets a free pass. One side makes fun of yards and the other gets chastised for calling them out.

 

Trump got elected because of this BS and you continue on with the vapid arguments which elected him. I've never seen such stupidity on one side that bites at every nibble a hook can drop.

[wiffleball 4,788]

Makes fun of yards?

 

 

 

Metric fan?

[BunnysBastatrds 2,296]

Makes fun of yards?

 

 

 

Metric fan?

Purposefully done. And easy.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,296]

I don't eat veal for two reasons. Their back legs never touch the ground. The second reason: My d!ck is in the punch.

[drobeski 3,061]

Exactly. I just wanted to put that in as a contextual placeholder. Now FF to today:

 

Trump LITERALLY misspelled "Tap" (TAPP) as in wiretap. Keystroke error? Well, remember, Twitter has spell-check, but we'll let that slide. In fact, we'll let 99 out of 100 slide for him. - Even in the Quayle Context -

 

N

wow how focking dense are you? You don't think the misspelling of tapp was intentional?

Mmmmm I wonder who he could be referring to ? Is there a proven liar who goes by the name James claPPer involved in all this bullschit? It was an intentional troll.

Wow .....pathetic.

[Baker Boy 1,684]

Good thread, remember this from October 23, 2016? Good Times

 

Hillary Clinton ridiculed Donald Trump once again tonight for claiming the election is being ‘rigged’ to give her the win.

‘Some people are sore losers, and you know, we’ve just gotta keep going,’ she said, her Charlotte, North Carolina, crowd erupting into a ‘Hillary’ chant.

Since Trump said last Wednesday at the final presidential debate that he may not accept the results of the election if she wins, Clinton has hammered him for it, asserting at each stop that her opponent is a ‘direct threat to democracy.’

She said Trump's comments were more consistent with what dictators in non-democratic countries might say about their opponents.

 

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3865638/Some-people-sore-losers-Clinton-mocks-Trump-rigged-election-claims-says-comments-consistent-dictators-say-opponents.html#ixzz4amr9Xj00

[Voltaire 5,160]

It's potatoe and Dan Quayle got it right. It was Miriam-Webster and the rest of those dictionary publishers who fucked it up.

[ROCKFORD 134]

I make it a point to not read your posts cause you talk way too much

 

i would recomend not click on this threads then.

[Baker Boy 1,684]

Remember when Trump crushed Hillary in the 2016 election and the Left demanded a recount and Hillary lost votes? Good Times!

[mighty_thor 115]

Remember when Trump crushed Hillary in the 2016 election and the Left demanded a recount and Hillary lost votes? Good Times!

Nope. But I remember the potatoe thing which happened over 25 years ago.

[Baker Boy 1,684]

Remember when Obama said he had visited all 57 states? Good Times!

[Baker Boy 1,684]

Nope. But I remember the potatoe thing which happened over 25 years ago.

And you still haven't figured it out.

 

Potatoe is an older but still correct spelling of the word more commonly word spelled potato. It turns out that Dan Quail and the young student were both correct in there spellings. The e at the end of potatoe was largely dropped by the end of the 20th century.

 

Good Times!

[mighty_thor 115]

No where in my post did I say that Danny boy was incorrect. I simply stated that I remembered the event. I'm sure Chaucer would have been pleased when Dan corrected the kid.