Many who are reading this may be too young to remember the time that Dan Quayle, Vice-President under George H. W. Bush, spelled the word “potato” wrong. It was an embarrassing thing to watch.
Here’s how TIME magazine described the incident:
“While visiting a school in Trenton, NJ, a student was asked to write the word ‘potato’ on the blackboard and Quayle urged him to add an ‘e’ to the end. The entire nation held its belly in laughter.”
Knowing how to spell is not a qualification for political office. Knowing the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution should be.