The lightweight image was what I meant. Was Quayle, by the time
he was named Veep, respected for these achievements, or was the
bumbling thing what dominated his media cycle? I ask because in our
brand new ADD riddled history classes, Quayle was just the guy who
couldn't spell potato.
Jeremy, really? You can't puckishly use a phrase and expect it
to be taken as a cautionary note? Don't we do that, uh, all the
time? Again, I don't agree with him and our worldviews are likely
to be greatly different. But how being a RINO figures into the
discussion, I'm not really clear.
I disagree with Amanda, mainly because I think Kuo was pointing
to the oft-commented-on "cuteness" of Governor Palin. Quayle's
obstacles in his image, among other things, were being good-looking
and appearing younger. He seemed out of his element for
someone who was very much in it. I'd say making the comparison
isn't really
offensive, and don't see how it justifies calling him a "jerk." But
that may be because she holds a special disdain anatomical
creativity, in which case I'll never explain to her the strange
similarity between GWB's and Obama's ears.
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