Liberal Myth 9,327: Dan Quayle Misspelled Potato

September 17th, 2008

Knock it Off

Can we all stop repeating the lie about Dan Quayle? He’s not the one who came up with “potatoe.”

Quayle was helping a teacher. She had cards with words written on them. She was the person who filled out the cards. Quayle just held them up. THE TEACHER WROTE “POTATOE” ON THE CARD. Quayle’s only sin was that he failed to correct her on national TV.

Let this be a lesson to you. This is what happens when you miss an opportunity to correct a liberal.

And you KNOW that teacher was liberal. They all are. It’s the law.

One Response to “Liberal Myth 9,327: Dan Quayle Misspelled Potato”

  1. Rachel Maddow can see a talk radio show from her house « NewsReal Blog Says:

    […] But here’s the point: leftist “media watchdogs” and the liberal media never let conservative public figures forget it when they make mistakes and misstatements, no matter how minor. Sometimes they even harp on things those conservatives didn’t even say or do in the first place, perpetuating some urban legends well into multiple decades. […]