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Top 10 most famous political misquotes

Started by viper37, June 23, 2011, 09:08:27 PM

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Admiral Yi

This came up before.  I  ,along with a lot of Americans, had thought the insertion of the article transformed Kennedy into a jelly donut, but Zanza explained back then you can still be the nationality with the article.

Camerus

That Dan Quale quote is higher on the list than Caesar's last words?    :hmm:

dps

Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on June 24, 2011, 07:21:49 AM
That Dan Quale quote is higher on the list than Caesar's last words?    :hmm:

Well, I would assume that most people know that Caesar's last words were put into his mouth by Shakespeare, but think that Quayle actually said what he didn't say.

grumbler

Quote from: dps on June 24, 2011, 02:37:58 PM
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on June 24, 2011, 07:21:49 AM
That Dan Quale quote is higher on the list than Caesar's last words?    :hmm:

Well, I would assume that most people know that Caesar's last words were put into his mouth by Shakespeare, but think that Quayle actually said what he didn't say.
I don't know of anyone who actually thought Dan Quayle said what the CSM quotes him as allegedly saying.  There was a much simpler version going around as a joke, but everyone knew it was a joke.
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dps

Quote from: grumbler on June 24, 2011, 03:17:28 PM
Quote from: dps on June 24, 2011, 02:37:58 PM
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on June 24, 2011, 07:21:49 AM
That Dan Quale quote is higher on the list than Caesar's last words?    :hmm:

Well, I would assume that most people know that Caesar's last words were put into his mouth by Shakespeare, but think that Quayle actually said what he didn't say.
I don't know of anyone who actually thought Dan Quayle said what the CSM quotes him as allegedly saying.  There was a much simpler version going around as a joke, but everyone knew it was a joke.

Eh, back then a lot of people were using Johnny Carson or Letterman as their primary news source.