[Screaming_Gerbil]

"Somebody told me the other day that the Secret Service has orders that if George Bush is shot, they're to shoot Quayle."

That was a common joke back then.

Vice President Dan Quayle took quite a beating from the press over some of his mistakes in some of his speeches, and especially over his misspelling of the word "potato" at a school.

The press was constantly picking on Dan Qualye back then, trying to paint him as stupid.

All very unfair, perhaps. But still, that joke was just a joke.

[doug from upland]

You can tell it to your pal by the water cooler. A United States senator does not tell it in public to a business group.