First, it illustrates the astonishing reality that, as recently as 1992, misspelling a word could damage a politician’s career. Today, revisiting an era in American politics when spelling mattered is, sadly, like traveling to Colonial Williamsburg. In today’s politics, if spelling is relevant at all, it’s just another lightning rod for tribal grievances. In 2020, an online clip of Quayle’s spelling mishap inspired this comment by someone using the handle “lib hypocrites”: “The travesty was that Quayle wasn’t wrong. Either way is acceptable. Just more railroading by the leftist media.” Adding
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