Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato,' how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya go...alright!
-- Vice President Dan Quayle correcting a student's correct spelling of the word "potatoe" during a spelling bee at an elementary school in Trenton.

I should have caught the mistake on that spelling bee card. But as Mark Twain once said, "You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, actually quoting from President Andrew Jackson.

People who bowl, vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle while at a Las Vegas bowling alley. the Vice-President bowled 5 times, and knocked down 19 pins. (6/25/92, San Jose Mercury News) The American Bowling Congress projected his score for a full game to be 76. The Detroit average for amateur players is 163 (USA Today, 7/6/92)

It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle giving his opinion about Ross Perot's presidential campaign (June 1992)

Dan Quayle had a trip planned to Beijing, but was worried because of the turmoil at that end. His security adviser however informed him that it was pretty safe for D.Q. as, "They are only harassing intellectuals."

And the President put his hand on my shoulder and said: "Dan, I _knew_ Spiro Agnew. He was a friend of mine. And Dan... You're no Spiro Agnew!"
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

This president is going to lead us out of this recovery.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle at a campaign stop in California and and then at CA State University, Fresno (The Quayle Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1992)

We have to do more than just elect a new president if we truly want to change this country."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

We are ready for any unforseen event that may or may not occur
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, September 1990

For NASA, space is still a high priority.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, September 1990

The U.S. victory in Gulf war was a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, April 1991

I hope I never have to deal with it. But obviously I would counsel her and talk to her and support her on whatever decision she made. -- Vice President Dan Quayle respondiing to Larry King's question of how he would react if his 13-year-old daughter chose to have an abortion. (CNN, July 22, 1992) Marilyn Quayle later remarked that her daughter would "take the child to term."

**More wisdom from the man who was just a heartbeat away ...

"The best thing about rain forests is they never suffer from drought."

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."

"The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Near East and the Far East from encroaching on each other."

"Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement.' Not so. No one was fooled."

"People are not homeless if they're sleeping in the streets of their own hometowns."

"Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us."

"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement."

"Air travel efficiency would improve if more travelers started going to less popular places."

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

(for what it's 'Worth') hehe

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Other than that, Jackie, how was the parade? (Dan Quayle, 1963).

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Is this man for real? Do people really vote for him? Amazing.

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From over the pond....

Yes, Sue943 and heres some more:

AL GORE QUOTES (fair is fair! Remember Dan Quayle?)

Clinton/Gore inauguration day, at Monticello:

Gore to tour guide, referring to four busts in a room - "And who are these people?"
Tour guide - "Well, that's George Washington, that's Ben Franklin..........Mr.Vice
President..?

"A zebra does not change its spots." - Al Gore, attacking President George Bush in 1992.

"We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate
identities, that we can be e pluribus unum -- out of one, many." Whoops -- got it backwards, Al. Appropo.

In 1996, Al Gore visited a school in a largely Hispanic portion of
Albuquerque, New Mexico. In an effort to fit in, he decided it would be
appropriate to say something in Spanish as he took the stage. He was
supposed to say "Muchas Gracias" -- many thanks. Instead, he walked on
stage
saying "Machismo Gracias" -- roughly translated to "manliness thanks."

"We feel, and the Defense Department feels, that problem is not going to
be a
problem. Of course, it can't be a problem. We won't allow it to be a
problem. We're confident that it is going to be solved, but we're going
to
be doubly, triply, and quadruply confident that it's going to be solved
before September of this year." Al Gore, speaking about the Y2K problem
in
the San Jose Mercury News.

>From the Associated Press, 09/04/98 - "Gore (the father of the Internet)
smiled and admitted that he, too, has trouble turning on a computer --
let
alone using one."

At a Minnesota fundraiser -- "They will be the education team that
Missouri
needs to move into the 21st century," he said.

Courtney Love on Late Night with David Letterman, 05/20/1999 - "He goes
'I'm
a really big fan,' " said Love. "And I was like 'Yeah, right. Name a
song,
Al.' "
The answer came limply back: "I can't name a song, I'm just a really big
fan."

Despite his high-minded enviro-speech and manifesto, Al Gore caused
billions
of gallons of water in Connecticut to be wasted when a dam was opened so
the
water level of a river could be raised for a cutesy photo-op.

Gore claimed he didn't know about illegal hard-money fund-raising in 1996

because he had drunk too much tea and had to frequently relieve himself.

This came after several previous lies he told about the fund-raising were

exposed.

Yet another lie -- Gore claimed credit for writing the earned income tax
credit proposal, which became law a year before Gore was first elected to
the
House of Representatives.

Gore claimed to have co-sponsored the McCain/Feingold campaign finance
reform
bill -- which was introduced after Gore became vice president and could
not
co-sponsor legislation.