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Sep 11, 2019 · In a room filled with reporters, Quayle called 12-year-old William Figueroa to the board, prompting him to “spell potato.” Figueroa stepped up, correctly spelled potato, erased the word, and went to sit down — until the vice president stopped him, saying, “Hold on now, add a little to the end there.”
Dan Quayle's 'Potatoe' Incident – 1992. A minor slip-up by Vice President Dan Quayle hatched a frenzy and a long-running joke. Quayle led a spelling bee for sixth-grade students while visiting ...
Sep 10, 2019 · The day George H.W. Bush’s Vice President, Dan Quayle, told a 12-year-old that he misspelled “potato” whilst judging a 6th-grade spelling bee. The then-Veep adamantly insisted that the word...
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What was the accusation? A minor mistake by Vice President Dan Quayle created a frenzy and a long-running joke that would haunt him throughout his political career. In 1992, Quayle led a spelling bee for sixth-grade students while visiting an elementary school in New Jersey.
Apr 28, 2016 · How to Lose the Presidency: Dan Quayle Misspells Potato | Night Class | History. After inaccurately correcting a 12-year-old during a 6th-grade spelling bee, the relentless media coverage of...
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Jun 17, 1992 · So Jay Leno has a week's worth of new Dan Quayle jokes. At a school here, everyone was quite hush-hush the day after the visiting Vice President spelled potato wrong while directing a...
May 25, 2012 · On May 19, 1992, as the presidential campaign season was heating up, Vice President Dan Quayle delivered a family-values speech that came to define him nearly as much as his spelling talents.
