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the potato spelling gaffe
As Vice President, he had a much publicized feud with [[Murphy Brown]], who was a fictional single mother. Dan Quayle said that she was a poor role model for getting pregnant out of wedlock. His statements led to backlash from the media.
As Vice President, he had a much publicized feud with [[Murphy Brown]], who was a fictional single mother. Dan Quayle said that she was a poor role model for getting pregnant out of wedlock. His statements led to backlash from the media.
The incorrectly spelled word ''potatoe'' on a list handed him by an aide led to a humilating gaffe. [http://capitalcentury.com/1992.html]
The liberally biased media played up Quayle's error while ignoring Gore's equally momentous gaffes: Gore referred to a leopard changing its "stripes" and misquoted the U.S. national motto as "Out of one, many" (It's actually, "Out of many, one").