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5. I remember. Jim Stockdale stole the show.

Reply to BradAllison (Reply #4)

Mon May 17, 2021, 10:57 PM

May 2021

What I remember about Quayle in that debate is that Bush's people had obviously told him to come out swinging against Gore.

Presumably so he could "look smarter."

Goes to show desperation is indeed bad counsel.

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Roemer - like many in the Deep South - was utterly convinced Poppy Bush would be re-elected in '92 peppertree May 2021 #1

I'm glad you remembered the proper spelling of potatoe head. StevieM May 2021 #2

Dimwit Dan contributed a lot more than that: he helped Clinton defeat Bush peppertree May 2021 #3

Honestly he felt largely irrelevant by a certain point. BradAllison May 2021 #4

I remember. Jim Stockdale stole the show. peppertree May 2021 #5

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Yeah, the late great Phil Hartman played him. BradAllison May 2021 #7

OK, well, RIP maxsolomon May 2021 #8