If the GOP nominates Dan Quayle for the WH in 2008, we're sunk.

[Frank Cannon]

Unconfirmed scuttlebutt among Beltway insiders is that the RNC is seriously looking at some sort of Dan Quayle ticket in 2008, perhaps Quayle/Jeb Bush. I was afraid they would do this. It would be devastating. We'd be looking at another eight years of Republican rule in the WH.

Dan Quayle's got looks, charisma, and he seems like a pretty nice guy--someone you could DEFINITELY have a beer and a few laughs with. We Democrats don't have anyone who can match that today, really.

Plus, Quayle already HAS experience as VP, in the White House of one of the GOP's favorite Presidents, George HW Bush. The press might have made a few jokes about some misstatements he made, but GW has made a lot more, and overall Quayle doesn't have too much baggage, which is what the Republicans NEED more than anything right now.

It sounds to me that it's pretty much a lock: Dan Quayle for President in 2008. I just hope there are no lurking Freepers around here who will go back to their site and further fan the flames of this idea. I just want them to forget about Dan Quayle. He could well mean the end of the Democrat party.

[Punkingal]

1. Oh, puhleese....

Dan Quayle???? Not gonna happen.

[Frank Cannon]

6. I sure hope it doesn't, punkingal

I sure hope it doesn't. ;)

[Tiggeroshii]

58. QUAYLE 08!

I'm for it.... let's give those bozos their nominee like they're giving us ours yeah? That guy's worse than Bush when it comes to hilarious messups.

[peace frog]

Good one!

:rofl:

RUN DAN RUN!

[Imalittleteapot]

2. ...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DarienComp]

3. Oh god, you're scaring me.

Quayle is basically unbeatable. We've got no chance.

[BR_Parkway]

4. Quayle came across too much the bumbler - too many will equate

that to Shrub and his incompetence.

[babylonsister]

5. Not unless his spelling has improved.

:hi:

[Fridays Child]

7. Have we just entered the Twilight Zone?

Jee-zus! Quayle? You gotta be kidding!

[Frank Cannon]

15. Me kid?

Like you, I would be so depressed if it came to pass. If Quayle gets elected President, we might be looking at a NEW Republican dynasty lasting...I don't know, maybe a HUNDRED years.

I just really, really hope the Republicans don't nominate him.

[ziggy_luv]

8. he cant even spell

oh god well be worse shape

[kenny blankenship]

9. I think people have had enough of boyish imbeciles in the whitehouse

his potato has sailed.

[peace frog]

13. His potatoe sailed in 1984

The very suggestion that Quayle would garner any kind of support for a presidential run is ludicrous.

[murray hill farm]

10. Say it isnt so...............

please! If he runs, we are doomed!

[Jack Rabbit]

11. From Bush's son to Bush's adopted son

Bush the Preppy was one lousy dad.

The only one of his kids who has any brains is Jeb, and he's just devious.

[rzemanfl]

12. This is a guy who could follow in Dubyah's footsteps. I think they

can fit his name into short, easily erasable, undetectable computer programs. Adding Jeb to the ticket would bring the folks who can manipulate the relgious nutcases and I bet Dan could still pick a fight with Candace Bergen. He would be a shoo-in.

[maddiejoan]

14. Oh no!

We must encourage the DLC to actively work at assassinating Quayle's character. In NO WAY can we allow him to run. His candidacy would be an unstoppable juggernaut.

[yy4me]

16. Good Grief, Dumb and Dumber

Could it get any worse??

[JDPriestly]

17. You're either joking or you're a Republican. What nonsense.

Quayle is not a serious person much less candidate. Have you forgotten his deer staring at the headlights look? He may be more mature now, but that look is seared into the memories of most of the American public. And, by the way, he is not the kind of guy that Americans would want to share a beer with. He was far to square, too goody two shoes, too ordinary, too milque-toast, too effete, too dominated by an obviously smarter wife. No, no, no, no, no. The GOP is not going to run this guy. Not even their public relations machine could make him look presidential for more than a few weeks.

[Kingshakabobo]

18. GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER!!!!! n/t

[peace frog]

19. J Danforth Quayle: On the Dim Side

http://www.realchange.org/quayle.htm

[BlueManDude]

20. Back away from the bottle Frank n/t

[SujiwanKenobee]

21. My God. You're right. The Big DQ would wipe the mat with Hillary.

Puhleeze don't throw us'n poah Dems into THAT briarpatch!

[lumberjack_jeff]

57. Quick! Find someone with a common touch! Gud spellers need not apply!

[IndianaGreen]

22. Quayle couldn't carry Arizona, where he now lives!

Whoever is on the ticket, must be able to carry his/her own state. This is why Hillary appears as such a formidable opponent to some people.

[wakeme2008]

23. But But But it was promised to McCain.....

[Mnemosyne]

24. Here's your boy listed as a member of PNAC:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm
snip>
Statment of Principles
June 3, 1997
snip>
Such a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity may not be fashionable today. But it is necessary if the United States is to build on the successes of this past century and to ensure our security and our greatness in the next.

Elliott Abrams Gary Bauer William J. Bennett Jeb Bush

Dick Cheney Eliot A. Cohen Midge Decter Paula Dobriansky Steve Forbes

Aaron Friedberg Francis Fukuyama Frank Gaffney Fred C. Ikle

Donald Kagan Zalmay Khalilzad I. Lewis Libby Norman Podhoretz

Dan Quayle Peter W. Rodman Stephen P. Rosen Henry S. Rowen

Donald Rumsfeld Vin Weber George Weigel Paul Wolfowitz

[peace frog]

25. Deep Thoughts from J Danforth Quayle

"Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us." -- Quayle,1988

"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement." -- Quayle, 1988

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

"You're a very strong woman... Though this would be a traumatic experience that you would never forget, I think that you would be very successful in life. " ---- Senator Dan Quayle, telling an 11-year-old girl why he would want her to have the baby if she were raped by her father.

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." -- Quayle, 1988

"May our nation continue to be the beakon of hope to the world."-- The Quayle's 1989 Christmas card

[koopie57]

26. what was that statement?

I knew Jack Kennedy, and YOU are no Jack Kennedy

And remember Marilyn with all the crazy hats. Man, those were fun times!

[windbreeze]

63. OMG

I can't believe what I'm reading...and this man was VP????...sheesh
windbreeze

[no_hypocrisy]

27. Springtime (2008) for Hitler.

Take the worst candidate with the worst track record and the worst mental and intellectual status and run him for the highest office in the country. Sounds like a hit to me.

[NV Whino]

28. A Quayle/Cheney ticket! I like it!

KABOOM!

[MadisonProgressive]

29. Thanks for the entertainment!

:toast:

[Infomaniac]

30. Like my favorite beer commercial: Brilliant!

I sure hope nobody over at freak republic gets wind of this one. A Quayle candidacy would really take the wind out of the sails of any prospective democratic nominee. You know, a lot of folks could see themselves playing a round of golf with that man. That could be hugh. I'm series. There is one downside though. His last name brings up unpleasant memories of the VP shooting that man in the face. I do have to agree. He's the perfect candidate.

[OneTwentyoNine]

31. Going to run on the "I look like Robert Redford" platform again?

What a waste of space. Jesus,Quayle makes Chimp look like a genius.

[Raster]

32. one of the Beltway fave oneliners during bush1 was in case anything

happened to President bush, the Secret Service had orders to shoot dan quayle. Everybody laughed, including bush1 and marilyn quayle.

[Historic NY]

33. Send him hunting with Dick, I heard he like Quail.............n/t

[Sparkly]

34. Haha -- and he has so much in common with the Chimp!!

They're both idiots -- I mean uh, "plain spoken." ... "Regular guys"... Not "book-smart."...

Sure would HATE it if they got the idea to run Quayle -- especially with a formidable VP pick like Alan Keyes!! Let's hope they don't think of that!

:rofl:

[thinkingwoman]

35. Not a chance, truly

Quayle cannot and will not win nomination, let alone the general election.

His dad was the brains in the family, and the money behind Quayle being VP. Daddy died a while ago. Without Daddy, Dan Quayle goes nowhere politically.

[GrantDem]

36. Quayle is a joke

I actually work in his hometown, and live only a half-hour from it. He is a joke here and the butt of many jokes. If his hometown doesn't take him seriously I'm not sure the rest of the country would.

[Minnesota Libra]

37. You seem to forget DanQuayle stood in front of a.........

....classroom and corrected a student who wrote out the word potato to spell it potatoe.:wtf: Well, guess what, the word is spelled potato.:) All Democrats would have to do is repeat over and over again "if potato is potatoe to him what else will he screw up on"??:bounce:

[DarienComp]

38. I'm surprised how many DUers have busted irony detectors.

:shrug:

[thinkingwoman]

42. Wow, you're right

I will now go write 1,000 times: I will never respond to posts without having caffeine. :eyes:

[Ignacio Upton]

39. You're joking

aren't you? Having the current Idiot and Chief is bad enough, but an idiot that we had thought vanquished 14 years ago would be just as bad. Dan "potatoe" Quayle is an even bigger joke than running Ahhhhnold for POTUS.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. There is no way in HELL that Quayle would even get onto

the ticket, much less win in 2008!

And if you really want the Rethugs to forget about him, as well as any other fools, then why did you start this thread?

Far too many of us remember the idiot that Quayle was/is! He's going nowhere.....

[0007]

41. Give me a fucking break!

[OhioBlue]

43. you're so right

There's no one on the Dem side that would have a chance against him!

:rofl:

[MODemocrat]

44. Dan Quail will make us sink! You're kidding aren't you?

N/T :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hippo_Tron]

45. Is space still a high priority for NASA?

I was just wondering...

[ulysses]

46. uh, no.

There are some Republicans who worry me, but Quayle isn't one of them. :D

[ldf]

47. hell, i'd probably vote for him

after all, he IS cute.

and we queers will vote for a pretty face every time.....

it could be the kiss of death for the democrat party.....

;-)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

48. NO, NO, NOT HIM!

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

He is unstoppable, like Superman. Hope the freeps don't get any ideas!

[Catchawave]

49. I SEE your point......

A "Dan Quayle" would definitely kick butt in states they're running the marriage and pro-life ammendments, just because....:scared: :nuke: :scared:

[NativeTexan]

50. You've got to be kidding.....I can take him out with one word....

POTATO!!!

[...of J.Temperance]

51. Total nonsense!!!! And it's the Democratic Party not the Democrat Party

He could well mean the end of the Democrat party.

The Democratic Party.

[Frank Cannon]

61. I put that in there on purpose, J.

Sort of a ;) to my DU friends.

[AJH032]

52. oh cool, maybe MURPHY BROWN will come back on TV

haha, anyone remember that?

[wisteria]

53. Is this post a joke? LOL! Dan Quayle? n/t

[radio4progressives]

54. It just occurred to me this is some sort of canard being floated as if

Dems would actually be shaking in our boots over such a laughable notion.

Dems couldn't have it any easier if we ran completely unopposed.

Quayle? :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::

[mtnsnake]

55. haha, I like your sense of humor, Frank!

Good one!

:toast:

[DemGa]

56. This is a good laugh!

[Puzzler]

59. Come on...

... with all due respect, Quayle already has the reputation of being the ultimate "empty suit". I don't even think Rove could do a successful image make-over on him.


-P

[zulchzulu]

60. Pass me some of that shit you're smokin'

You have got to be kidding! Man, that was funny...

Dan Quayle? WTF... here are some of the asshole's quotes:

I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.

Dan Quayle
I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future.

Dan Quayle
I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

Dan Quayle
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

Dan Quayle
Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

Dan Quayle
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

Dan Quayle
- More quotations on:
The future will be better tomorrow.

Dan Quayle
- More quotations on:
We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.

Dan Quayle
We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe.

Dan Quayle
We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

Dan Quayle
- More quotations on:
Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

Dan Quayle
What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

Dan Quayle
When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.

Dan Quayle
time for the human race to enter the solar system.

Dan Quayle
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

Dan Quayle, 11/30/88
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.

Dan Quayle, 12/6/89
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.

Dan Quayle, 5/20/92 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

[Aaaargh]

62. I believe in my heart that Hillary could stop the Quayle juggernaut!

That is, she COULD if leftist dead-enders stuck in that stale old big-government, isolationist, blame-America-first paradigm would act like real Democrats and stop criticizing her!

[FormerDittoHead]

64. Dan Quayle would sweep all 50 states! It would be our worst nightmare!

:sarcasm:

...if we are to use the "pro-Hillary" tactics that the Republican party is using to get their "dream" candidate nominated, I guess we should start "picking" THEIR nominee using their same rhetoric...

[Vidar]

65. Dumb as he was, shrub makes him look like a Rhodes Scholar.

[Greyhound]

66. Some of you are not paying attention...

[Frank Cannon]

67. Here's a site that sells "Quayle in 2008" paraphernalia

http://www.cafepress.com/mypresident2008/761836

As a Democrat, I would NEVER get some of this stuff and display it proudly around my Republican friends.

[noonwitch]

68. Dan Quayle-the one candidate I'm sure Hillary can beat!

Heck, I think Michael Dukakis could beat him.

If the republicans really want to win, they will nominate McCain. If they are sure they can win because of cheating, they will nominate any dumbfuck.

[ClassWarrior]

69. You're right!! For the love of GOD please don't nominate Quayle! Please...

...don't throw me in that briar patch!!

:evilgrin:

16+5=2006

NGU.