Then & Now: Dan Quayle

CNN.com ^ | 9/8/05 | Uncredited

[Zeroisanumber]

CNN) -- Dan Quayle was little known nationally when George H.W. Bush picked the young GOP senator from Indiana as his running mate in 1988.

Quayle's golden-boy looks appealed to the cameras, but his verbal missteps quickly attracted the most media attention.

Today, politics takes a back seat to business for the former vice president. Quayle, 58, spends much of his time traveling as chairman of the investment firm Cerberus Global Investment.

[Zeroisanumber]

I was just a kid in 1992, but I remember thinking that Dan Quayle seemed like a nice guy with a penchant for putting his foot in his mouth in front of the cameras. A nice "where is he now?" sort of piece.

[kylaka]

I have spelled potatoe with an e ever since, as a tribute to Dan. I figure if everyone else does, eventually Webster will have to concede that adding the e is the "preferred" spelling. The whole episode was a typical media cheapshot, that said a lot more about the media than it did about Quayle.

[jaydubya2]

Sounds like he's making cash "chairman of the investment firm Cerberus Global Investment"

Dan got a bum rap in this Hoosiers opinion.

[jaydubya2]

Dan was right and the MSM was wrong concerning "Murphy Brown".

[RAY]

Dan is also married to a very nice and smart lady.

[yarddog]

Dan Quayle probably made less mistakes than most people.

He was a rare bird, namely a real conservative and the media hated and feared him.

The did every thing in their power to destroy him. The most powerful tool the media has is ridicule and that is what they used.

I know how to spell Potato but if I were looking at a cue card which had it spelled Potatoe, I would have done the same thing he did. I think most people would have too.

[Rastus]

Didn't the actress who played Murphy Brown admit as much some time after the show was over?

[jaydubya2]

Candice Bergan? right. I don't know if she sung a different tune later, but I remember her using it to her advantage at the time.

[Rastus]

Here 'tis.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/714436/posts

[Rembrandt_fan]

I remember watching Quayle debate Jill Long, a college professor running against him for US Senate, into the ground. He was quick, he was sharp, he had command of the facts. Once elected, he was a capable, hardworking Senator. That said, I don't think the senior Bush made a good choice of Quayle as running mate. There was an 'out-of-his-depth' feel to the man, a rookie quality hard to define but easy to recognize that made me uncomfortable when imagining him ascending to the Presidency. Evidently, I wasn't alone.

[OldFriend]

I could not agree more. The MSM saw Quayle as a possible president and made it their business to destroy him.

He would have made a fine president.

And speaking of mis-speaking. Hah, as compared to whoring around and having an affair with a white house intern, selling national security secrets to the Chinese..

Well, no need to go on.

[advance_copy]

He would have made a fine president.

Yes, he would.

[Rosemont]

Quayle is a good, honest man. Great COnservative. MSM hated him. However, they recycled the Quayle is dumb playbook and replaced the name with Bush.

[LetsRok]

He could have also been a professional golfer.

[Tanniker Smith]

Maybe I'm recalling a faded memory, but I remember Bergen accepting her Emmy that year, starting her speech with, "I'd like to thank the Vice President". The audience laughed, but I think she was a little embarassed by the whole thing. And she also knew that the statue was a vote against Quayle and not any particular recognition on her part.

At least, that's how I remember it.

TS

[yarddog]

I remember watching Quayle debate Jill Long, a college professor running against him for US Senate, into the ground. He was quick, he was sharp, he had command of the facts. Once elected, he was a capable, hardworking Senator. That said, I don't think the senior Bush made a good choice of Quayle as running mate. There was an 'out-of-his-depth' feel to the man, a rookie quality hard to define but easy to recognize that made me uncomfortable when imagining him ascending to the Presidency. Evidently, I wasn't alone.

My guess is all the attacks eventually began to take a toll on him.

[famman]

Dan Quayle is articulate, bright, and he served this nation effectively and well. Why do we keep dragging this man through the mud?