It really started with Dan Quayle. He was just about a perfect candidate and did absolutely nothing wrong yet they literally destroyed him
Even many conservatives or so called conservatives joined the attack. After the media destroyed him, they knew they could do the same to any solid conservative they thought was a threat.
Don't forget Lawrence Eagleburger.
Right. The fact is that Quayle was perceived as a threat, but even what he endured was nothing like what Palin endured.