I saw it and didn't think he was out of his league. Bentsen made his famous "You're no JFK" retort, but I thought he more than held his own. He was knowledgeable and articulate [more than either Bush]. It certainly didn't hurt the ticket as Bush won big with 53.4% of the popular vote and a staggering 79% of the electoral vote.
I had never even heard of him when Bush selected him, and I followed politics closely.
I must have followed politices closer than you. I knew he was a senator from Indiana.
The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.
Gimme a break. Every politican comes up with these kinds of misstatements and mistakes. Letterman runs GWB's mistakes almost nightly.
Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.
There is some truth to that statement, but I don't find such verbal gaffes all that significant or important. The MSM can use them to ridicule their "enemies" who are usually Reps. It does not prove him to be a lightweight. You misspelled Bentsen's name, but I don't think you are dumb or uneducated.
I attribute the dozens (hundreds?) of these things he said not to stupidity, but to panic. He always got a deer-in-the-headlight look when it was something important. Harris is a lightweight too.
I don't know how much public speaking you have done, but I have done more than average number of presentations to large groups. No one is perfect. You can make some stumbles or mistakes. Fortunately, I didn't have the MSM covering my public appearances and capturing every misstatement on video and tape for a gotcha moment.
"I, myself, thought we had dodged a bullet. You know why? Because I was listening to people, probably over the airways, say "The bullet has been dodged." -- Leader of the free world, George W. Bush.
Whether or not it needed to happen, I'm still convinced it needed to happen. --George W. Bush, explaining why he sent U.S. troops into Iraq, Dec. 12, 2005
Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream. --George W. Bush, during a campaign speech in LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Facts are stupid things. -- Ronald Reagan
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. -- Vice President Al Gore
I think that the undecideds could go one way or the other. -- George Bush, 1988
I didn't inhale. -- Presidential candidate Bill Clinton
Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their, their love with women all across this country. -- President George W. Bush, on malpractice insurance. September 6, 2004
don't know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees. -- President George W. Bush, on the arborist coming to identify trees on his ranch.
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. -- President George W. Bush, August 5, 2004.
"This is a great day for France!" --Richard Nixon, while attending Charles De Gaulle's funeral
"My fellow Americans, I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." --Ronald Reagan, about to go on the air for a radio broadcast, unaware that the microphone was already on
"Now we are trying to get unemployment to go up and I think we're going to succeed." --Ronald Reagan
"A zebra does not change it's spots." - Al Gore