[Izzy Dunne]

Dan Quayle in a school room holding up a mis-spelled word, without mentioning that the class teacher was the one who'd written out the word incorrectly?

What is that about?

Here is a video of Dan Quayle coaching a student to add the extra "e": Dan Quayle Misspells 'potato'

That's not the teacher, that's Quayle himself.

It's not a terrible mistake, but let's not make up stories about it.

[jdsteel]

He was reading from a flash card given to him by the teacher.

[Sans-Culotte]

That's not the teacher, that's Quayle himself. It's not a terrible mistake, but let's not make up stories about it.

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[Wiser now]

That’s because he is taking the word from the card the teacher wrote out! You can’t see how the word is spelled on thecard in that clip, can you?

[JaguarXKE]

It's not a terrible mistake, but let's not make up stories about it.

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Dan Quayle's "Potatoe" Incident

"Working from an inaccurate flash card prepared by a teacher..."

Who's making up stories? The fact that the card Quayle was handed had it spelled incorrectly was never ever mentioned in the press's relenless hectoring of Quayle over the silly goof.

[cyclotic]

Izzy,

Potatoe is one of two correct spellings of the word. Potato is the other. Go look at your mom’s or your wife’s Betty Crocker Cookbook.