Most liberals (who are so sure they are smarter than the rest of us) still believe that Quayle foolishly thought Murphy Brown was a real person.
Goebbels would be jealous.
I was in college when Quayle was vp and I thought he was a complete idiot due to my steady diet of pop culture at the time. I never knew until recently that potatoe was written on the flash card provided to him. Its stunning how much power the media wields.