YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTrue or not, DeSantis can't escape the raised boot rumors as his campaign falterswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1388arrow-down119
arrow-up1369arrow-down1external-linkTrue or not, DeSantis can't escape the raised boot rumors as his campaign falterswww.businessinsider.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareSeedyOne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year 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-up7·1 year 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-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agothe corporate media wanted dean out of the picture for a reason.
minus-squarecleanandsunny@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-down2·1 year 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
the corporate media wanted dean out of the picture for a reason.
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.
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.