YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTrue or not, DeSantis can't escape the raised boot rumors as his campaign falterswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1399arrow-down119
arrow-up1380arrow-down1external-linkTrue or not, DeSantis can't escape the raised boot rumors as his campaign falterswww.businessinsider.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareSeedyOnelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoDan Quayle misspelled “potato” and it tanked his presidential run. We’ve been like this for longer than you can imagine…
minus-squareJessica@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoOr the time in 2004 when Howard Dean gave a cheerful shout, and a mic caught it weird and tanked his campaign. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_scream
minus-squarecleanandsunny@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoThat feels so quaint now. A weird scream was enough to tank a campaign. Or John Kerry being a “flip-flopper.” Our politics have gotten so much worse it’s kind of astonishing.
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agothe corporate media wanted dean out of the picture for a reason.
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoand michael dukakis before that
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoDan Quayle already had a reputation of being in intellectual lightweight. The “potatoe” thing was just the nail in his coffin.
minus-squarekey@lemmy.keychat.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoDidn’t even misspell it really, he just used an old alternate spelling that’s antiquated now but was likely what he learned as a kid.
Dan Quayle misspelled “potato” and it tanked his presidential run. We’ve been like this for longer than you can imagine…
Or the time in 2004 when Howard Dean gave a cheerful shout, and a mic caught it weird and tanked his campaign. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_scream
That feels so quaint now. A weird scream was enough to tank a campaign. Or John Kerry being a “flip-flopper.” Our politics have gotten so much worse it’s kind of astonishing.
the corporate media wanted dean out of the picture for a reason.
and michael dukakis before that
Dan Quayle already had a reputation of being in intellectual lightweight. The “potatoe” thing was just the nail in his coffin.
Didn’t even misspell it really, he just used an old alternate spelling that’s antiquated now but was likely what he learned as a kid.