Vice Presidential Debate Dan Quayle

When the subject of the debate turned to quayle s relatively limited experience in public life he compared the length of his congressional service 12 years with that of late president john f.

Vice presidential debate dan quayle. One of the most famous moments in us political history. Democratic opponent lloyd bentsen s response. 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. In the dog eat dog world of politics no politician since has wanted to end up on the quayle.

I knew jack kennedy. Dan quayle was a one term vice president whose greatest contribution to politics came in a vp debate. Republican dan quayle had his words used against him during the 1988 vice presidential debates after he likened his political experience to that of john f. Then republican senator dan quayle running alongside george h w bush faced democratic senator.

The 1988 vice presidential face off between incumbent vp dan quayle and senator lloyd bentsen. 1988 vice presidential debate dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. A little more than a decade later another pair of vice presidential hopefuls made debate history. Kennedy the 35th president of the united states.

I served with jack kennedy.