Dan Quayle: Trump is 'more qualified' than Clinton in this election

[TomCADem]

Source: USA Today

Dan Quayle thinks Donald Trump is a “more qualified” candidate than Hillary Clinton and the Republican Party should rally around him.
The former vice president, who served under George H.W. Bush, appeared on NBC’s Today show Thursday and said that Trump was more qualified than Clinton in this particular election because people want an outsider.

"On paper, you'd say, well, she's more qualified. But you know what? He's more qualified in the sense that the American people, I think, want an outsider," Quayle said. "And they want an outsider this time. She's not an outsider, so if you're looking for an outsider, no, she's not qualified, and he is."

Quayle also told CNN in an interview that aired on New Day Thursday that he had faith the party would be able to come together and back their presumptive nominee, though he acknowledged some holdouts would remain. George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Jeb Bush have all indicated they had no plans to endorse, with Jeb Bush writing in a recent Facebook post he would not vote for Trump.

“In the normal sorting out process, the cream usually goes to the top, right? And I didn't realize that Donald Trump was going to be the cream that got to the top. I totally misjudged his ability to win,” he said.


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[jalan48]

1. So says Mr. Potatoe Head. nt

[OrwellwasRight]

2. and Dan Quayle is more quali to have an opinion than I am.

NOT!

Why does he think there is anyone left alive who cares about his musings?

[leftofcool]

3. No doubt some on DU agree.

You got at least one rec out of it.

[Buzz Clik]

6. He, he was just reporting the news!

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. I'll take the bait

He does have a point. The qualifications for any job are determined by those doing the hiring. If a majority (plurality?) of Republican primary voters feel strongly enough that "outsider" is their key qualification for the job, then he is qualified.

It isn't a compliment - it is a reflection of the base and where their priorities are this cycle..

[asjr]

4. Dan Quayle can't spell POTATO.

[Buzz Clik]

5. Quayle is both the joke and the punchline. No other comments necessary.

[hibbing]

7. Glad he could spare the time between rounds of golf to comment n/t

[mindem]

8. What's a Dan Quayle?

Is it some kind of game bird? Or like a Dodo?

[Omaha Steve]

9. I got this

Vice Loser...

[SusanCalvin]

12. .

[SusanCalvin]

11. Who cares? nt

[Omaha Steve]

13. I say with pride this happened in OMAHA

[Rhiannon12866]

31. I remember that! It's become an iconic historical moment!

We could sure use Lloyd Bentsen now!

[yellowcanine]

15. Mr. Potatoe Head speaks out!

[rpannier]

16. Could you say that again Dan I couldn't understand you

I'm from Latin America so could you say it in Latin

Quayle is such a douche

[LiberalFighter]

17. Well, Quayle is more qualified to be an idiot too.

But that doesn't make him qualified to be President.

[The Second Stone]

18. Keep talking Mr. Quayle, it is helping quite a bit

and we are enjoying your resurgence!

[LonePirate]

19. And Quayle's lengthy list of remarkably stupid statements has a new addition to it.

[NV Whino]

20. Man, this election is resurrecting the crazies.

[Chicago1980]

21. So the male Sarah Palin of the 1990's returns and thinks...

That a guy who's never served office or knows anything about government is better qualified than a former First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State?

Because???

I don't want an outsider, I want someone who's knowledgable regarding the three branches of government.

The American people don't want a bigoted narcissistic moron... Well, maybe the republicans do, but the vast majority of sane people don't.

[rpannier]

23. It's Dan Quayle

I don't think he knows what he's trying to say
Though he's probably certain it's either in Latin or not in Latin and has an e at the end

[mdbl]

32. In the repuglican party, there's always room for ignorance

Think the Sarah Palin reference is perfect.

[rpannier]

22. Quayle Endorses Trumpe

Saw that in another place
I laughed

[Judi Lynn]

24. Has he ever said anything worthwhile? So doubtful. He was a heartbeat away from the Presidency. n/t

[Zambero]

25. Stoopid!

I knew More Qualified.
More Qualified was a friend of mine.
Mr. Trump is NOT More Qualified!

[Thinkingabout]

26. So says Dan Quayle who wasn't qualified to spell potatoe.

[MFM008]

27. DAN QUAYLE

[larkrake]

28. Poor Dan, cant say or do anything right

I had a friend like that- always making bad decisions

[Hugin]

29. Says the guy who couldn't figure out an office chair.

[Wolf Frankula]

30. Didn't He Make a Movie With W. Called

Dumber and Dumberer?

Dumpe Quayl!

Wolf

[pampango]

33. Trump is more 'qualified' if Americans want someone who is unqualified. n/t

[SmittynMo]

35. No offense here, but

I thought he was dead.

[livetohike]

36. There is a reason we never hear much from Dan Quayle.

Good reminder of what an ignorant joke he is and the extremely poor judgement shown by choosing him as a VP.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

37. Hard to ever agree with Quayle on any issue, but

he has a point here.

[Feeling the Bern]

38. Will he have another fight with fictional character Murphy Brown again?

[sinkingfeeling]

39. From the man who's dumber than a fifth-grader.

[left-of-center2012]

40. Consider the source

Bush One's V.P.

[bdwker]

41. What an absolute jerkface.

[apnu]

42. Hey Dan! Let's have a spelling bee! (nt)

[sofa king]

43. The poop-wave

Sometimes, storms off the coast of India churn up a thousand years of human effluvia from the sea bottom, and they paint the shoreline with mephitic, diseased feces from the past.

Donald Trump is that poop-churning storm, and now even Dan Quayle has washed ashore.