8 pre-internet political moments that would have spawned huge memes

Believe it or not, there’s a storied history of presidential blunders that stretch back years and years, all the way to before they could become instant memes — because there was no internet.  

Shocking, but true.

These moments were “viral” in that they were everywhere — TV, radio, newspapers — but there was no widespread internet to give them a second life as pure meme bliss, like just about everything that happens in the Trump White House these days.

So what moments would go super viral, saturating our culture to the point you can’t get away, if they happened today? You know, like the “Dean scream” or when Dick Cheney shot a friend in the face?  Read more…

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