Wasn't he over the Treasury Dept. when his BATF attacked the Church at Waco? (can you guess my feeling on this subject?)
Never could/can understand why Republicans have to praise JFK, Roosevelt and Truman when runninig for naitonal office. I remember the exchange between Bentsen and Quayle and thinking, "Thank God he's no JFK. We don't need another stupid POS like that."
Lord Bentsen dies.
RIP.
Well, 'served with' and 'knew' are probably accurate. But I doubt he and Kennedy were friends. Maybe I'm wrong on that, but it bothers me that the media didn't seem to do much fact-checking on that one at the time or since. And it's the semi-angered "friend" posturing that gave the line its force. Any evidence as to whether or not it was fraudulent?
As I recall Quayle's response was along the lines of 'I only meant to compare our relative experience when running for national office...' and 'I resent your tone...'.. Not Quayle at his best.
But the media obsession on that brief exchange then and now tells you much of what one needs to know about american media. Obsession in repeating it, much like the 'Dean Yell', but not in evaluating and verifying it.
Still we're left sort of wishing Quayle had said 'Well, Senator, as I said, I have more relevant experience than Senator Kennedy had, I'm better on policy, I don't have any ties to organized crime as he did, .. and you were no friend of Jack Kennedy'.