1988: Lloyd Bentsen vs. Dan Quayle

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1988: Lloyd Bentsen vs. Dan Quayle

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Alben Barkley
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1988: Lloyd Bentsen vs. Dan Quayle

« on: August 26, 2021, 06:01:18 PM »

Instead of being the VP nominees in 1988, imagine these two were the presidential nominees.

What would that look like?

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Re: 1988: Lloyd Bentsen vs. Dan Quayle

« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2021, 08:31:54 PM »

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Re: 1988: Lloyd Bentsen vs. Dan Quayle

« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2021, 08:29:16 PM »

Bentsen would have creamed Quayle, who would have been viewed as not ready for the big job.

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Re: 1988: Lloyd Bentsen vs. Dan Quayle

« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2021, 01:50:43 PM »

Mr. Potatoe gets destroyed:

✓ Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)/Senator Albert Arnold Gore (D-TN): 421 EV. (54.25%)
Senator J. Danforth Quayle (R-IN)/Representative Jack French Kemp (R-NY): 117 EV. (44.79%)

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