Debate You Are No Jack Kennedy

Senator you re no jack kennedy just a few feet from bentsen s staffers quayle s were huddled behind a cloth partition and the phones began ringing.

Debate you are no jack kennedy. When vice presidential candidate sen. You are the one that was making the comparison. Jack kennedy was a friend of mine. In this clip you ll see the classic bentson exchange in full.

I knew jack kennedy. Senator you re no jack kennedy. Prolonged shouts and applause what has to be done in a situation like that is to call in the woodruff. Lloyd bentsen shot back.

Senator you re no jack kennedy lloyd bentsen will be remembered for his interchange with dan quayle in their vice presidential debate in 1988 in which quayle compared himself to president. Senator you are no jack kennedy that was really uncalled for senator replied quayle. Jack kennedy was a friend of mine. I knew jack kennedy.

You re no jack kennedy out of the 1988 vice presidential debate came one of the nation s most iconic political zingers. Senator lloyd bentsen famously told senator dan quayle that he was no jack kennedy in a 1988 debate. Senator you re no jack kennedy was a remark made during the 1988 united states vice presidential debate by democratic vice presidential candidate senator lloyd bentsen to republican vice presidential candidate senator dan quayle in response to quayle s mentioning the name of john f. I m sure that this clip is already posted on youtube but not in it s entirety.

Dan quayle george h w. Bush s running mate compared himself to the late john f. Admonishing applauders please please once again you are only taking time away from your own candidate. Kennedy the 35th president of the united states.