presidential blunders

March 22, 1990, was a dark day for legions of broccoli lovers. That's when George H.W. Bush, a well known broccoli hater, defended his dislike of the green floret-topped vegetable. "I do not like broccoli and I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it," said Bush. "And I'm the President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli! Now look, this is the last statement I’m going to have on broccoli. There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. For the broccoli vote out there: Barbara loves broccoli. She has tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that’s coming in." The caravan Bush referred to was 10 tons of broccoli shipped to the White House in protest by broccoli growers.