Episode 2: Teeny Tiny Watergate
The culinary journey continues with some more food fails in very public political spaces. A president gets sick in the lap of another head of state; Marco Rubio learns about the fine art of drinking from a water bottle; and two U.S. Senators school us on the finer points of hot dogs and tuna melts.
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Episode Notes:
Key sources used in researching and writing this episode:
Washington Post - “On Camera, That Queasy Feeling”, January 1992
Washington Post - “Video Shows Entire Bush Collapse”, January 1992
Newsweek - “25 Years Ago Today, George H.W. Bush Vomited on the Prime Minister of Japan”, January 2017
UPI - “CNN Headline News within seconds of reporting Bush dead”, January 1992
C-SPAN - “Republican Response to the State of the Union Address”, February 2013
Rubio’s water break happens around the 11 minute mark
Vanity Fair - “Tiny-Water-Gate: Marco Rubio Comically Overreaches for Refreshment”, February 2013
The Hill - “Romney mocked for saying ‘hot dog’ is his ‘favorite meat’”, May 2018
Washington Post - “Sen. Warner teaches how to make favorite tuna melt recipe”, April 2020
In this file frame grab from video, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio takes a sip of water during his Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pool, File)
