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  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
    ·
    6 months ago

    It's a reference to an incident with Dan Quayle, who was Bush Sr's VP.

    Quayle was at an elementary school and tried to correct a child spelling potato by instead spelling it potatoe.

    • dannoffs [he/him]
      ·
      6 months ago

      Dan Quayle's tweets would have been amazing. For the younglings around here who haven't seen his quotes.

      If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

      • Dan Quayle

      The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.

      • Dan Quayle

      I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

      • Dan Quayle

      It is an endless well, I reccomend looking them up.