Quayle is a mimbo, but am I the only one who finds Bentsen's response assholish and overly affected? Quayle said he had as much experience in Congress as Jack Kennedy; he didn't say he was the second coming of Jack Kennedy.
It was obviously scripted beforehand and Bentsen was just waiting for Kennedy's name to be mentioned.
Well, I agree -- it was scripted and Bentsen was lying (laying?) in wait.
That said, Quayle looked like the second coming of Little Lord F**kpants when he said, "That was uncalled for..." I think his prissy, privileged fratboy response did him in more than Bentsen's (prepared and staged) remark.
That's exactly the Dan Quayle I knew. You would not have gotten that response from Dick Lugar or Quayle's successor -- Dan Coats.
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