Unforced Errors By Presidential Candidates

Ladewig said:
What is the right answer?
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Probably, like those who add provolone, would improve the Philly Cheesesteak. The original recipe, though, probably called for "whatever cheese ya got lyin' around", because they now claim it was Cheez Whiz, which is a lie, since that crap wasn't invented until several decades after the Cheesesteak was.

Provolone is probably a good guess. It's an Italian-American invention, I'm pretty sure.
 
Loss Leader said:
Watching Donald Trump make a series of about 4 unforced errors per week led me to think of other Presidential candidates who may have done damage to themselves. Were any as bad as what we're seeing today.

Hillary Clinton has a little bit of a problem with fudging the truth - there are no emails, I never requested such and such - but they always seem to be very esoteric issues on the border of anything people might care about.

The only candidate I can think of who made some clear unforced errors would be Michael Dukakis. First, he refused to say that he wouldn't raise taxes (It's an impossible promise to keep, but Bush had no problem pretending to believe it.) Second, he admitted to being a "liberal" as the Republicans had defined it, and he never convinced America that there was a definition of "liberal" that didn't mean "communist." Last was driving around in that tank looking like he was having a great time in that stupid hat. Touring a military instillation is appropriate; treating our defense apparatus as a toy is not.

Any other unforced errors come to mind?
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From an ignorant Brit's perspective, the Dukakis ones don't sound like errors but more like someone being honest - which should be applauded. Without seeing it, the tank one sounds ok as well - Maggie drove a tank and got lauded for it.
 
I know this is slightly off topic as it was an Australian politician rather than an American, but I thought you might appreciate this effort from then opposition leader John Hewson in the 1993 election campaign:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WndWM71-jSQ
Going into this interview he had a commanding lead in the polls. This answer in this interview is considered to have almost directly caused him to lose what had been thought an unloseable election.
 
Foolmewunz said:
Probably, like those who add provolone, would improve the Philly Cheesesteak. The original recipe, though, probably called for "whatever cheese ya got lyin' around", because they now claim it was Cheez Whiz, which is a lie, since that crap wasn't invented until several decades after the Cheesesteak was.

Provolone is probably a good guess. It's an Italian-American invention, I'm pretty sure.
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I thought the correct cheese depended on if you were a Pat's or Gino's person.
 
Ladewig said:
What is the right answer?
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Foolmewunz said:
Probably, like those who add provolone, would improve the Philly Cheesesteak. The original recipe, though, probably called for "whatever cheese ya got lyin' around", because they now claim it was Cheez Whiz, which is a lie, since that crap wasn't invented until several decades after the Cheesesteak was.

Provolone is probably a good guess. It's an Italian-American invention, I'm pretty sure.
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There's no right answer because there was no question. A cheesesteak is a cheesesteak; you don't get asked which kind of cheese. He was presuming to customize something that he hadn't been given any choices for.
 
Delvo said:
There's no right answer because there was no question. A cheesesteak is a cheesesteak; you don't get asked which kind of cheese. He was presuming to customize something that he hadn't been given any choices for.
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That was my recollection, too.

But apparently you can pick between whiz or provolone according to some sites:

How to Order a Philly Cheesesteak
When ordering a cheesesteak, the idea is to let the cashier know a.) that you would like a cheesesteak, b.) what type of cheese you want, and c.) whether or not you want fried onions. And you have to be as concise as possible while doing so.

Locals have become so adept at this practice that they basically have it down to three words: saying “one whiz with” to the person behind the counter means that you would like one cheesesteak [denoted by the “one”] with Cheez Whiz as your choice of cheese [denoted by the “whiz”] and with fried onions [denoted by the “with”].

Similarly, saying “one provolone without” would secure you a single cheesesteak [one] made with provolone cheese [provolone] and without fried onions [without].

Ok. Got it? Now go ahead and test out your ordering prowess for real.
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dudalb said:
I think,though Trump is breaking all the records for Unforced errors in a single campaign....
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Trump's first unforced error was when he thought "I should run for President". The second one was when he ran for President.
 
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