[Steve_Seattle]

"But Trump is no Dan Quail."

Quayle's "potatoe" gaffe came from a cue-card prepared by a teacher, and he assumed it was correct. Actually, I think "potatoe" is a correct albeit archaic spelling for "potato."

Quayle was a reasonably smart guy with a law degree, but that didn't prevent the bully press from forever treating him like a dunce over this one incident.

Never forget: the press are bullies. Trump, at least, will swing back.

[fella]

So your calling me archaic?

I was taught that it could be spelled both ways, the same for tomatoe. So was the better half of my partnership. She was raised in SoCal and I was raised in NoVa.

Either way Quail went they would have said he was wrong.

[trisham]

Quayle's "potatoe" gaffe came from a cue-card prepared by a teacher, and he assumed it was correct. Actually, I think "potatoe" is a correct albeit archaic spelling for "potato."

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I agree with you about the cue-card mistake. Quayle was very likely simply attempting to be polite. However, I don't believe that "potatoe" is an archaic spelling for "potato". My understanding is that "potatoes" is plural for "potato". I may be wrong.