So is Murphy Brown.
The media used Dan Quayle like a human pinata.
I remember when Lloyd Bentsen chapped his hide in the 1988 VP debate, and he sat there grinning like a Cheshire cat.
There were so many others that should have been chosen.
I never understood why Bush picked Quayle.
To me, it was not prudent......
“To me, it was not prudent......”
I see what you did there.
;)
With hindsight, I think it was so no successor would be in the way for one or the other of his sons. The Bushes are shameless dynastic climbers. A strong and credible non-Bush successor would have been in the way. Part of the story is that Bush did -nothing- to support his VP when he was under fire.
I wondered why W had such old VP’s instead of grooming a successor. Same reason, and now we see the JEB! (ugh) campaign bringing all its glory to the Republican effort. I hope JEB!’s collapse is so total we will not have to deal with unindicted attempted rapist and loafer P down the road.