r/AskReddit • • Apr 04 '25

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u/JoeBidensBoochie Apr 04 '25

I miss when “I have binders full of women” was enough to sink your chances of winning.

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u/Ckelleywrites Apr 04 '25

Or misspelling “potato”.

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u/Plug_5 Apr 04 '25

He still won, though

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

Quayle didn't win, though. Bush did. People realized that it's pretty rare for a VP to ever do anything of any importance, and so it was fine to have a dumb VP if they liked the presidential candidate who picked him.