[PhilosopherStone1000]

I read somewhere that Quayle was actually reading that off a flash card that a teacher had prepared (he was visiting an elementary school at the time) and spelled it as written so as not to embarrass her (yet again, Reps show they have class - like W continuing to read “My Pet Goat” after getting the news of 9/11 so as not to scare the crap out of a bunch of eight-year-olds).

[ScottinVA]

Ah. A teacher...not a staffer. I stand corrected.

[IYAS9YAS]

I read somewhere that Quayle was actually reading that off a flash card that a teacher had prepared (he was visiting an elementary school at the time) and spelled it as written so as not to embarrass her

Here's the best account of what happened that I have found. He was handed a card. He questioned the card. He went with the program to avoid embarrassing them, and wound up getting skewered for it.

http://www.rightgrrl.com/carolyn/potatoe.html