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Coakley misspells name of state she wants to represent
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Posted on 01/12/2010 9:27:50 AM PST by mnehring

This is just too good to add as an update to my earlier Coakley post.  Via Jammie Wearing Fool, MassLive pays attention to that disclaimer message at the end of a Martha Coakley ad, and notices a Dan Quayle moment:

On the heels of last night’s final debate between Martha Coakley, Scott Brown and Joseph L. Kennedy, Coakley released a new ad attacking Scott Brown — an aggressive turn that many observers have thought was long overdue.

However the ad’s message might get lost by a spelling gaffe that appears in the ad’s closing seconds. In the fine print appearing at the bottom of the screen, the ad reads:

Paid for by Massachusettes Democratic Party and Authorized by Martha Coakley for Senate. Approved by Martha Coakley.

Close observers will notice that there is an extra ‘E’ tacked onto the end of ‘Massachusetts. It’s a trivial oversight, for sure, but you can bet that the jokes and jabs the typo will inspire will blunt at least some of the impact of the ad.

Here’s the screenshot:

And just to make clear, this came from Coakley’s own YouTube channel — see upper right of this screencap:

Maybe Coakley ought to know how to spell her state’s name before asking voters there to send her to Washington to represent them.  At the very least, it’s an answer to Democratic zingers about Dan Quayle, who managed to spell Indiana correctly even if misspelling potato on an infamous occasion.

Update: Coakley has pulled the video — which makes the screen-cap all that more valuable.

Update II: Ha!  Fixed my own misspelling.  Well, I guess I can abandon my bid for the Senate seat from the state of Very.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2010; brown; coakley; democrats; ma; ma2010; scottbrown
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1 posted on 01/12/2010 9:27:52 AM PST by mnehring
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To: mnehring

I spell it Chokely


2 posted on 01/12/2010 9:30:13 AM PST by Mobties
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To: mnehring

Wasn’t it also an issue over an “e” that was used against Dan Qualye?


3 posted on 01/12/2010 9:30:49 AM PST by rod1
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To: mnehring

I just read this in the story on Drudge:

“Coakley supports ObamaCare, opposes the war in Afghanistan, and favors higher taxes on the wealthy.”

OPPOSES the war in Afghanistan! What a frightening disgusting lefty!!!

Thew next sentence says the republican supports Obama on Afghanistan! God this dem woman must be a nightmare!!!


4 posted on 01/12/2010 9:31:52 AM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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To: rod1

What’s the difference between Martha Coakley and Dan Quayle?

ans. Quayle didn’t live in “Potatoe”.


5 posted on 01/12/2010 9:35:39 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade ("I don't have a whole lot of mercy for the bad guys, I'm on the good guys' side." -Sarah Palin)
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To: mnehring
What a potatoe head.
6 posted on 01/12/2010 9:35:45 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gore is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. He rides an icy horse bringing cold wherever he goes.)
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To: mnehring

Kookley sounds like she has a typical leftist IQ, low, trending lower.


7 posted on 01/12/2010 9:36:29 AM PST by pallis
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To: mnehring

Musta gone too a govment skool.


8 posted on 01/12/2010 9:39:34 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: pallis

Sounds like a Debbie Stabenow clone.


9 posted on 01/12/2010 9:41:12 AM PST by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: mnehring

Dude or dudette?

You be the judge.


10 posted on 01/12/2010 9:45:12 AM PST by sodpoodle (Stop wasting our wealth and start telling the truth)
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To: mnehring

There used to be a song about Massachusetts on the “Captain Kangaroo” show. That’s how I learned how to spell it, and it helps me get it right now. Maybe someone could dig up an old tape for her.

M A double-S A C H U S E double-T S


11 posted on 01/12/2010 9:46:50 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --Orwell)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

I used to have no problems spelling it, now I’m trying to figure out that song and I’m all confused.. :->


12 posted on 01/12/2010 9:54:18 AM PST by mnehring
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To: Above My Pay Grade

Excellent!


13 posted on 01/12/2010 9:54:34 AM PST by rod1
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To: Williams
"“Coakley supports ObamaCar, opposes the warE in AfghanistanE, and favors higher taxs on the wealthEy.”"

there. fixed it.;-)

14 posted on 01/12/2010 9:57:11 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: mnehring

Proof that this was the result of Obamas emergency hack political special forces. no one involved in MA politics could do that, but someone from outside may...


15 posted on 01/12/2010 9:57:28 AM PST by When do we get liberated? (STATE CONTROLLED ECONOMIES SUCK ! LONG LIVE AMERICA.)
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To: mnehring

Damn! I forgot! It only helps you if you are in the first grade!


16 posted on 01/12/2010 10:24:44 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --Orwell)
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To: rod1

Their excuse is that Quayle threw it away and it blew into their ad at just the wrong place and time.

So it’s Quayle’s fault.


17 posted on 01/12/2010 10:41:52 AM PST by Erasmus (She was a BBC newsreader, marrying above her station.)
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To: Above My Pay Grade
Quayle didn’t live in “Potatoe”.

No, but he was handed a card by the teacher that had the word misspelled, I doubt one person here would have questioned the teachers answer on the card.

18 posted on 01/12/2010 10:43:05 AM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: mnehring
I used to have no problems spelling it, now I’m trying to figure out that song and I’m all confused.. :->

MI crooked letter, crooked letter I Humpback, Humpback, I crooked letter, crooked letter I

This one is easier :)

19 posted on 01/12/2010 10:48:12 AM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Reminds me of, "H-E-double N-I-G-A-N!"


20 posted on 01/12/2010 10:53:16 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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