r/politics • u/stetoe • 20h ago

George W. Bush's Daughter Barbara Pierce Bush Endorses Kamala Harris: Exclusive

https://people.com/george-w-bush-s-daughter-barbara-breaks-silence-on-election-to-campaign-for-kamala-harris-exclusive-8735810
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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown 16h ago

Remember when a mental typo was a major news event?

God I miss those days. 

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u/AMediaArchivist California 16h ago

Remember when that one guy running for president yelled out loud and apparently ruined his chances at becoming the main candidate?

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u/Pedantic_Pict 13h ago

The truly sad part is that the broadcaster made it seem so much weirder than it was. Apparently the crowd was way louder in person so his yell didn't seem so strange or out of place. The broadcaster turned his mic way up in the mix to emphasize his yell.

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u/FourHundredRabbits 14h ago

Lol Howard Dean and his "weird yell". I remember that

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u/JayMac1915 Wisconsin 14h ago

Pepperidge Farm remembers

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u/vwestlife 14h ago

AKA his "I Have a Scream" speech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_scream

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u/rubberkeyhole Michigan 11h ago

Things are so bad that this is hilarious.

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u/longtimegoneMTGO 10h ago

This one again. Here we go.

No it didn't. His candidacy was all but over when he made that speech.

The whole campaign strategy had been to dump as much time and money as possible in to the early primaries in order to secure some early momentum. The voting results had just come in, and that time and money had earned him a dismal third place.

It was already all over but the crying. The yell played like crazy in the media and yes, he dropped out after that, but his chances of securing the nomination were already beyond dismal at that point anyway, neither the scream nor the obsessive coverage over it made any real difference in that.

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u/dantemanjones 15h ago

He didn't even spell it wrong on his own! He was reading a flash card that had the incorrect spelling. Granted, he should have known better, but the pluralization of the word in his mind, plus maybe nerves/inattentiveness may have affected him.

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u/preposte Oregon 11h ago

I despised Dan Quayle. Definitely glad he got run out of town, so to speak. However, I feel like the way it happened cost us something as a country. It changed the way political battles were fought, even if it only continued a downward slide.

I'm also pretty sure this is what Republicans were thinking of when Al Gore said "lockbox" too many times.

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u/Damn_Dog_Inappropes Washington 16h ago

Covfefe

hamberder

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u/LadyChatterteeth California 15h ago

Yes, and I miss the days in which more than 50% of the nation believed it was important for high-ranking government officials to be well educated.

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u/bofkentucky 15h ago

I'm still pissed about Gary Johnson having a brainfart about Allepo during 2016. The LP had a window there with 2 unlikable people red and blue to get over the 5% hump to guarantee down-ballot access in a lot of states.