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Dan Quayle, vice president under George Herbert Walker Bush, was infamous for this misspelling.
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How do you spell poatos?
The likely word is the plural noun potatoes (the singular of which, potato, Vice President Dan Quayle could apparently not spell correctly).
What vice president could not spell potato?
The 44th US Vice President, Dan Quayle (J. Danforth Quayle) was famously unable to spell the word "potato" while appearing at a staged school spelling bee during his reelection campaign in June, 1992.Quayle relied on an erroneous flash card prepared by his staff, and prompted a confused sixth-grader to spell the word as "potatoe." The student complied, but later gained notoriety, saying that Quayle confirmed the view of some that he was "an idiot." On the David Letterman show, the kid created another memorable quote, "Do you have to go to college to be Vice President?"
What might be the consequence if the president could fire the vice president?
They can't but, if the president could fire the vice president, this could mean that the person who is the vice president was not the person citizens voted for in the presidential elections. First, that could cause anger amongst people who would feel cheated/betrayed. Secondly, the president could carefully select who they wanted to be vice president so that the vice president agrees with everything the president says, giving more power to the president (turning the vice president into a 'puppet leader').
What might be the consequences if the president could fire the vice president?
They can't but, if the president could fire the vice president, this could mean that the person who is the vice president was not the person citizens voted for in the presidential elections. First, that could cause anger amongst people who would feel cheated/betrayed. Secondly, the president could carefully select who they wanted to be vice president so that the vice president agrees with everything the president says, giving more power to the president (turning the vice president into a 'puppet leader').
What combination of president and vice president could there be?
President
Which Vice President famously did the mashed potato?
Dan quayle. or J. danforth quayle
Who was the presidential candidate who misspelled potato?
The individual was the Vice-President not a candidate. It was Dan Quayle.
Could Bill Clinton could be Vice President For Hillary?
No. The vice-president must be eligible to be President, which Bill is not, having already served two terms as President.
What vice president spelled potato wrong?
The 44th US Vice President, Dan Quayle (J. Danforth Quayle) was famously unable to spell the word "potato" while appearing at a school spelling bee in 1992. Quayle relied on an erroneous flash card prepared by his staff, and prompted a confused sixth-grader to spell the word "potatoe." (In one interview afterward, the student referred to Quayle as "an idiot.")Quayle was Vice President under the 41st President, George H.W. Bush, from January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993. During the Bush and Quayle reelection campaign in 1992, the eventual winning vice presidential candidate, Al Gore, had made a similar gaffe by referring to a "leopard that had changed its stripes."
What do you call a former vice-president?
You could still call him vice president or he has been a senator or a governor you could use that title.
Did Dan Quayle misspell tomato in a spelling bee while he was vice president?
No it was potato, which he spelled "potatoe."
Who could take the place of the president if he could no longer fulfill his duties?
The vice president
