Indianapolis’s born Dan Quayle, former Vice-President of the United States couldn’t spell and was(is) an intellectual midget (Per Richard Nixon). His most famous blunder occurred when he corrected student William Figueroa’s correct spelling of “potato” to “potatoe” at an elementary school spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey, on June 15, 1992. Poor Quayle was mercilessly lambasted by the media. Figueroa guest appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and also was invited to lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.

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That did not prevent America, the “land of the free to be stupid,” from electing the DUMB Bush Sr./Quayle ticket with a 53-46 percent margin — by sweeping 40 states and capturing 426 electoral votes. America did it again in 2000(STOLEN) and 2004 by electing the thoroughly unqualified war criminal George Bush.

That probably explains why as Glenn Beck gets dumber and more weird, his ratings keep rising higher and higher. It also explains the Republican fascination with the “Turkey Killing” queen of Wasilla — Sarah Palin, who is now permanently camped in Facebook.com — dishing out green DEATH PANEL bile by the bucketful.

America (mostly Republicans) loves its ignorant politicians more than the brighter ones. The willful glorification of ignorance by the American electorate, Republicans in particular, is appalling.

Glenn Beck falls into the Palin and Quayle category — “blubbering, fraudulent baboon frauds who know just how to please their audience of racist, bigoted and illiterate Republican suckers.”

Watch Glenn Beck struggle with spelling below:

Glenn Beck Mis-Educating Viewers

Beck: “There is a coup going on … it has been done through the guise of an election”

Beck guest UNCLE Broden warns of “eugenics movement,” “black genocide” that will show up in health care package

“Thinker” Beck: President Obama’s “radical advisers,” like “Communist” Van Jones, “are fighting a revolution“

Beck suggests that Obama administration will use bombings of Canadian pipeline to justify takeover of oil companies

Beck: “I think all of us need to be Gandalf” and stop alleged Obama power grab

Reference: The Best of Fox News’ ‘King of Baboonery’ and ‘American Patriot’ Glenn Beck

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By Maureen Dowd:

Sarah Grabs the Grievance Grab Bag From Hillary

Sarah, who was once a blazingly confident media darling, came across as aggrieved, paranoid and press-loathing in her new role as bizarre babe-at-large, a Nixon with hair extensions ranting about “American apologetics,” which sounds like a cross between apologists and Dianetics.

Sarah once criticized Hillary for being a whiny presidential contender, arguing that women who want “to progress this country” should not complain about being under a “sharper microscope,” but instead should just work harder to prove themselves capable. Now Sarah is a whiny presidential contender, complaining about the sharper microscope that women wanting to progress this country are under and rejecting advice to work harder to prove herself capable.

The Alaskan who shot to stardom a year ago as the tough embodiment of Diana the Huntress has now stepped down as governor and morphed into what the Republicans always caricatured Hillary as — preachy, screachy and angry. [ READ MORE ]

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The 1988 Bentsen-Quayle Vice Presidential Debate

DAN QUAYLE: I have far more experience than many others that sought the office of vice president of this country. I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency. I will be prepared to deal with the people in the Bush administration, if that unfortunate event would ever occur.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Senator Bentsen.

LLOYD BENTSEN: Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy. (Prolonged shouts and applause).

Debate Transcript: Read Here

Debate Video:

….and here is Dan Quayle mis-spelling “Potato.” — Mr. Quayle’s most famous blunder occurred when he corrected a student’s correct spelling of “potato” to “potatoe” at an elementary school spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey, on June 15, 1992. According to his memoirs, Quayle was uncomfortable with the version he gave, but did so because he decided to trust what he described as incorrect written materials provided by the school.

He informed student William Figueroa that he had misspelled the word “potato,” when in fact Figueroa had spelled it correctly. Quayle then had Figueroa add an “e,” not only making it incorrect, but once again making himself a target with this misspelling. Quayle was widely lambasted for his apparent inability to spell the word “potato.”

Figueroa was a guest on Late Night with David Letterman(NBC) (Now, The Late Show at CBS) and was asked to lead the pledge of allegiance at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.

…..and here is the kicker! — [The 'Wisdom' of Dan Quayle]

…and in 2008 Vice-Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin, a JOURNALIST by profession, cannot name a single news source she reads:

Well?

Can’t wait for the Thursday night debate — It will be a CATEGORY 5 GAFFE FEST! LOL!

Sarah “Barracuda” Palin has posed nude before, has powerful allies in Alaska’s corrupt political establishment, and smoked Marijuana when it was legal in Alaska — but ‘didn’t like it.‘. Her husband Todd is a fish-monger, and Mrs. Palin is a right-wing ‘THUGGESS‘

Reported: Right-wing zealots, religious nutbags and NRA gun-runners are ecstatic!

AP – John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.

Two senior campaign officials disclosed McCain’s decision a few hours before the Republican presidential nominee-to-be and his newly-minted running mate appeared at a rally in swing-state Ohio.

Palin, like McCain, is a conservative with a maverick streak who has shown a willingness to clash with others in her own party. A self-styled hockey mom and political reformer, she has been governor of her state less than two years.

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Palin’s selection shocked numerous Republican officials.

She is a former mayor of Wasilla (population 8,471) who became governor of her state in December, 2006 after ousting a governor of her own party in a primary and then dispatching a former governor in the general election.

More recently, she has come under the scrutiny of an investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that she ordered the dismissal of Alaska’s public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper.

Palin has a long history of run-ins with the Alaska GOP hierarchy, giving her genuine maverick status and reformer credentials that could complement McCain’s image.

Two years ago, she ousted the state’s Republican incumbent governor, Frank Murkowski in the primary, despite having little money and little establishment backing.

She had earned stripes — and enmity — after Murkowski made her head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. From that post, she exposed ethical violations by the state GOP chairman, also a fellow commissioner.

She and her husband Todd Palin, have five children. The latest, a baby, was born with Down syndrome.

   Cartoon By: Gary Varvel

References:

1. Paul Begala – McCain is out of his mind? — John McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls “a checkup from the neck up.” Palin is a first-term governor of a state with more reindeer than people, will have to put on a few pounds just to be a lightweight.

2. Ed Rollins: Sarah “Barracuda” Palin is a strong choice by McCain but risky

3. Majority Whip Jim Clyburn – McCain has rolled the dice. Speaking to South Carolina ETV Radio, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn likened the choice of Palin to Walter Mondale’s choice of Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and George H.W. Bush’s pick of Dan Quayle in 1988. Both picks — relatively unknown political figures at the time — generated initial excitement but were ultimately deemed poor choices by many political observers.

FlashBack: George H.W. Bush’s V.P. pick – Indiana’s Dan Quayle in 1988.

   What A Terrible Mismatch? LOL!

Jon Stewart’s Take!

If the election were a football game…It appears that Senator John McCain just ran the ball into his own endzone: McCain told a Pittsburgh television station that he recited the names of the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive line while under interrogation in North Vietnam.

One problem with that remarkable anecdote? Every other time McCain has told that story… He’s named the Green Bay Packers instead.

The Straight Talk Express — is heading for a massive wreck?

   John McCain’s Straight Talk Express

   Pic: Courtesy ClubAfrika.com

Gramm’s Slam: Barack Obama was handed a political gift — one that had the potential to keep… on… giving, when Phil Gramm (McCain’s Top Economic GURU) suggested that economic woes are basically a figment of America’s collective national imagination. Maybe Phil had just inhaled a “Gram” of POT!

Phil Gramm: ‘Mental Recession… Nation of Whiners’

Obama on Gramm Comments: ‘America Already Has One Dr. Phil’

BONUSES:

Fox News PORN

Former Republican Vice President – Indiana’s ‘Own’ Dan Quayle

….just another of the idiots Republicans have been parading in American
politics — and guess what, the dumb Appalachians have been electing them!!

….and the latest Moron!