About "gaffes"

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On Sept 7, 1988, then V.P. and Presidential candidate George Bush referred to it as "the day that will live in infamy."

I am pretty sure he was prone to many of them.

But, then, of course, we did not have "social media" that magnified and repeated everything..

[Autumn]

1. September 7,1988? Other than my daughters birthday I'm lost. Is it Grandma Moses day?

National Acorn Squash Day? National Clean Out Your Garage Day?

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2. In 1988 he was the candidate. He should have waited three more months

and would have made sense.

Now go search..

[Autumn]

4. Well in my defense I was in labor and not overly fond of listening to republicans

[cwydro]

3. I'm lost too.

No effing idea.

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5. Oh, the youngsters

Had he waited three months, to Dec. 7 (date, not year) would you understand?

Otherwise you will have to wait for Dec. 7, 2019, many will talk about that day..

[cwydro]

6. Lol, well I knew that quote re Pearl Harbor, but thought the moron was talking about something else.

God, never thought I’d think he’d seem harmless to me, but we could never have imagined this monstrosity in office now.

[melman]

7. He said it was Pearl Harbor Day

SEP. 7, 1988 12 AM
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In an address to the American Legion today, Vice President George Bush astonished the veterans by declaring, “Today is Pearl Harbor Day,” jumping the gun by three months.
Bush’s error dumbfounded the 6,000 people attending the 70th annual convention of the American Legion and set them to murmuring among themselves during his speech.

“Today, you remember. I wonder how many Americans remember. Today is Pearl Harbor Day,” the Republican presidential nominee said to a stunned audience.

“Forty-seven years ago to this very day, we were hit and hit hard at Pearl Harbor and we were not ready,” Bush said.

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I remember this getting a lot of coverage at the time.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-07-mn-1658-story.html

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8. OOps, thanks

I just remember my reaction to that "gaffe."