you only say that because of the JFK line, he's not a great debater, just had a good line and Quale being a weak candidate, put Bentsen in a debate against Obama or even Romney, or Newt, he'd get beat, bad.
In edition to the the current occupant of his old senate seat Ted Cruz, he is one of 4 Texas senators who have ran for president or Vice President, along with Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson and Republican Phil Gramm. Coincidentally, California has produced 6 senators that ran for president: Dianne Feinstein, John C. Fremont, Pete Wilson, Richard Nixon, Kamala Harris, and Alan Cranston.
Bentsen moving on swiftly after dropping the "You're no Jack Kennedy" line saying "I'll do what has to be done" while everyone was in shock and Quayle was stewing in anger was absolutely hilarious
***** say what? are you in any way shape or form excusing his spelling mistake? that's great...He was a moron. Period. "You're no Jack Kennedy", meaning Jack Kennedy was not a moron as this guy was. No matter how long this guy had served, he wasn't worth licking Jack Kennedy's shoes. Liberal or conservative.
@Smash Revino Uh let's see. All Quayle said was that he had as much Congressional experience as Kennedy. THAT FACT was true. Besides - Quayle was a lightweight legislator and rich kid rumored to have had a fling with a Playboy model - Quayle was far more like Kennedy than some folks want to admit. That being said, your observation is correct. In fact, Quayle's consultants VERY EXPLICITLY told Quayle NOT to bring up Kennedy during the debate. He didn't listen and got buzz-sawed.
@Smash Revino "Quayle even trying to compare himself to Kennedy is the ultimate example of his stupidity and bad judgment." -- He was not comparing himself to Kennedy. Maybe your belief that he said it is indicative of your own stupidity.
@Fer Abra Well lets see he almost won the nomination for president in 2000 and is a successful businessman worth a couple million bucks and you're some schmuck on the internet lol i bet you couldn't come close enough to him to tickle his nutsack
LLoyd Bentsen, Walter Mondale, etc...were liberals for sure, but these were honest men. Moral men. I wouldn't have voted for them (and didn't in Dukakis/Bentsen's case) but I wouldn't have had a problem if they had become President/Vice President...particularly in light of where we are today.
@@fahimbashir3402 No. Bentsen wasnt a dixiecrat, the founders of the kkk and segregation. Thats who these right wingers mistake as modern democrats lol
1:17 The Format of The Debate *Qualifications* 1:39 Quayle - Age is one category, what about Qualifications and issues? I have more experience than the Gov. of Massachusetts 4:54 Bentsen - Big Responsibility, Turn The Deficit Around 8:13 Quayle - Tax Hike Mike 9:13 Bentsen - Reforming Social Security Quayle - You're Scaring The Old People 12:43 Quayle - Clean Water Act 14:39 Bentsen - They Cut Out Money for Cleaning Water and Air *Poverty Family* 15:48 Quayle - I've Met With Them, They are glad to hear about a Food Bank in Indiana 17:15 McKenny Homless Bill 18:18 Bentsen - Quayle is Voting Against Polio Shots
He didn't give a good answer on his readiness. He acts like he will have VP experience before a tragedy, they should've asked what would he do if something happened to Bush as Pres-Elect,
What's great also is seeing the audience reactions at 59:34. There are some really pleased people down there....and some really pissed-off people, too.
He was only in the congress for two years and was in the House while JFK was in the Senate! I bet you anything Bentsen only knew JFK from a stance of seeing him in an elevator!
The 1988 vice presidential debate is the most recent and the last debate to feature vice presidential candidates who were incumbent Senators or sitting Senators after or following the 1976 vice presidential debate. It is only the second vice presidential debate to feature vice presidential candidates who were incumbent or sitting Senators after or following the 1976 vice presidential debate.
That was a rehearsed line. Bentsen was waiting for an opportunity to zing it. And yes Dan Quayle is a family man, not a permanent skirt-chaser like Jack Kennedy.
@@kazzicup Dan Quayle was no where near as bad as Sarah Palin was. At least he didn't single handedly ruin his candidates chances of winning like Sarah Palin did to john McCain
The 1988 vice presidential debate is the second, the most recent and the last vice presidential debate to feature vice presidential candidates who were sitting or incumbent Senators after or following the 1976 vice presidential debate. So the 1988 vice presidential debate is, as of 2023, the most recent and the last debate to feature vice presidential candidates who were sitting Senators or incumbent Senators after the 1976 vice presidential debate.
Samuel Johnson: Your description of this video is inaccurate. In 1988, Dan Quayle was still a senator from Indiana, not the incumbent VP. Reagan was the outgoing President of the United States, and his VP George H.W. Bush became the Republican Nominee that year.
1988 was a rare circumstance in American presidential electoral history where one of the two major political parties had a far stronger candidate than running mate (Bush/Quayle) and the other major political party had a far stronger running mate than candidate (Dukakis/Bentsen). To date, this remains the most poignant vice-presidential debate in American presidential electoral history. I'd say it was even stronger than the three presidential debates of 1988. Given how Bentsen absolutely torched Quayle in the VP debate, it comes as no surprise that the infamous first question in the second presidential debate of 1988 was posed to Dukakis on a personal level.
Dude, you have been mistaken on the description of this video because Dan Quayle was a Senator from Indiana when he was in this debate from 1988 not yet a sitting Vice President of the United States until he took office in 1989. Plus in 1988 George Herbert Walker Bush was the sitting Vice President of the United States.
During the "you're no Jack Kennedy" exchange at 0:59:00, LOL at Judy Woodruff saying the audience can't react to Bentsen's reply, then Tom Brokaw adding his own response to it in his very next question. :)
I thought Bentsen was a smug jerk 35 years ago......and still think he was one. Notice ol' Judy keeps telling the audience to knock off the applause when Quayle gets applause.
Age difference between these candidates: Dan Quayle was 41 Lloyd Bentsen was 67 Bentsen tried running for president in 76', but he was an absolute disaster. Dan Quayle became Vice President #44. Tried to run for president in 2000, lost to George W.
Plus, people get appointed to the post of running mate, and only if their candidate wins the presidency do they then become Vice-President. But yes, nobody says “I’m running for Vice-President”.
Dan Quayle was the youngest person to become United States Senator from Indiana at the age of 33 years in 1981. Dan Quayle served for a total of 12 consecutive years in Congress having served as a United States Representative from Indiana or as a member of the House of Representatives from Indiana from 1977 to 1981 and as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1981 until his resignation in 1989 in order to become Vice President of the United States 17 days after resigning as United States Senator from Indiana.
It was a brilliant response by Bentsen, but it also highlighted the fact the Dukakis/Bentsen ticket was "upside-down", with the alpha, pragmatic one at the bottom and Dukakis at top. In fact, anyone here think Dukakis could have delivered a line like that to the same effect (Dukakis and Kennedy were both from the same state and Dukakis was almost 30 the day Kennedy died....it's possible they knew one another and were as much "friends" as Bentsen and Kennedy were)?
This dude is a badass he flew B-24s in WW2 & then Senator for Texas and then Treasury under Clinton which means he ran the great Clinton economy. How the hell was he not our VP he would've been great
@@blackbox3008But he didn’t run for President in the Democratic primaries of 1988. He lost in the Democratic primaries of 1976 and then went back to being a senator.
Lloyd Bentsen would have been a great Vice President. One of the greatest, had Dukakis been elected and tragedy struck, Lloyd would have taken over seamlessly. It’s interesting to note, we would have had a kinder world.
Quayle and Bush looked down their noses at Dukakis and Bentsen, calling them “liberals” and “Democrats”. They had absolutely zero respect for their opponents because they knew full well that Dukakis and Bentsen were smarter than them, and the Bush/Quayle ticket therefore ran a dirty campaign in 1988.
@@jacobmuraco4276 Yes. Hence the reason he and Bentsen were smarter and more decent and mature than Bush and Quayle. Pity the American people didn't pick up on that at the time.
This debate is always proof to me that Lloyd Bentsen should've been the Democratic nominee in 1988. If he was, I think he would've destroyed Bush 41 in the general election.
@@joeydoherty368 That's correct. Whoever Reagan endorsed in 88 was winning. What HW failed to understand was the people were voting for a Reagan 3rd term, not Bush himself. In 92 it costed him dearly.
I loved how 1988 had both the one of the best and one of the worst Presidential campaign moments in American, this and the Dukakis tank photo op, and they were made by the same campaign!
Slowing down The Big Moment to 0.25, you'll notice Quayle's face while Bentsen is making his statement. Quayle's advisors had warned him not to bring up Kennedy's name in conjunction with his own. He'd been doing it in his stump speech and had been criticized for it. So his advisors knew that Bentsen had a response prepared in case he did it during the debate. Obviously, Quayle ignored their advice. When Bentsen starts to talk, Quayle is thinking, "Dammit, they were right." Then watch the cut to the audience. A lot of pissed-off Republicans. Not because they're offended on Quayle's behalf by what Bentsen just said, but because they're thinking, "That kid might've just cost us the election."
you're right, I forgot that rigging a primary, using blacks and hispanics as pawns in voting strategy in private emails, drone striking syria, deporting hundreds of thousands of immigrants, sleeping with the media and corporate banking, and blaming everything on "the russians" are things to be proud of.
raglanheuser It was right before the DLC took over, screwed unions, passed NAFTA, deregulated Wall Street, and became a centrist, neo-liberal, corporate party.
Yes, I have even more respect for him that he's backing Trump.. Seems to be a real patriot.. It's unfortunate that people will always think of him synonymous with the Bush name.. And, he'd have done a better job than Jr as president I'm sure..
Bentsen mopped the floor with Quayle. I have no idea why Bush would have picked that dummy as his VP, there had to be far superior candidates out there, but they still won. Dukakis was such a boring candidate.
does anyone actually watch these debates? I remember when quail won in 88, I saw him on tv for about 1 minute and thought wow he is cute, but never wanted to watch his debates. I would rather hear him singing as a rock star
the problem with a lot of this is most of these people are actually trained actors. I was taught in school that most actors use stage names, sometimes in person too. I wonder how much was rehearsed before time. I noticed a lot of actors kind of disappear and another one shows up looking similar. I also notice tv preachers look similar, dress the same and even use the same wooden podiums.
Dukakis was so frustrating to support. He was just so bland, boring and wooden. He let the Bush campaign destroy him and make him look like a far left loony. He was leading Bush in September by 20 points. Bentsen deserves a better partner.
Dan Quayle was my guy in this debate. I was rooting for him, and he did great during the debate. Dan Quayle also did a very good job as vice President. We need conservative people in government.
This debate should show everybody that Media bias towards Republicans is not a new thing. The question that Woodruff led with in this debate should clearly illustrate this to all. The tone and direction of the questions the rest of the debate are clearly designed to force a response from the viewer i.e. "Senator Bentsen, you have claimed that George Bush and the Republicans would raid Social Security but that you would protect it." A non biased question/comment would have looked like this. "Senator Bentsen, you have claimed to be at odds with George Bush and the Republicans regarding the future use of Social Security trust fund. Please explain how you would handle this issue." You then follow up with a rebuttal or statement from the other person. This is Debate 101. You never concede one opponents point over the others..that's not the moderator's job...they are their to moderate. The definition of moderator or moderate is: "kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme". Most of these "moderators" are liberal in their thinking and can't help themselves...I would say the same thing about a Hannity or Limbaugh. The difference is..they aren't being asked to moderate any debates because we know their views are right leaning. Most of the liberal journalists try to pretend they are objective..but daddy knows better.
Media bias towards republicans? It's a reality bias. Your fallacy is the middleground fallacy. There is a reason Fox viewers score lower than *those who watch no news at all* on current events tests, and far less than those who watch other networks. But hey, you've had a year since this comment to observe the republican party in total power...how's that working out for you? ;) Enjoy the midterms, you stunted, indoctrinated edgelord. We fucking own you. We always have, and we always will. :) Owned.
Did you watch the second 1988 presidential debate? Namely the opening question posed by Bernard Shaw directly to Dukakis? If that isn't a prime example of bias towards a person and political party, I don't know what is!
Funny you should say that, since Hume was one of the people who kept asking Quayle about his experience to get him to name drop Kennedy to set up Bentsen's famous line.
Lloyd Bentsen was by far, one of the best debater I have ever seen. He sounds calm, sensible and very experienced.
Hes a robot.
you only say that because of the JFK line, he's not a great debater, just had a good line and Quale being a weak candidate, put Bentsen in a debate against Obama or even Romney, or Newt, he'd get beat, bad.
In edition to the the current occupant of his old senate seat Ted Cruz, he is one of 4 Texas senators who have ran for president or Vice President, along with Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson and Republican Phil Gramm. Coincidentally, California has produced 6 senators that ran for president: Dianne Feinstein, John C. Fremont, Pete Wilson, Richard Nixon, Kamala Harris, and Alan Cranston.
Dan Quayle looks like a kid who got his candy taken away when Bentsen says "You're no Jack Kennedy." It's amazing.
Bentsen moving on swiftly after dropping the "You're no Jack Kennedy" line saying "I'll do what has to be done" while everyone was in shock and Quayle was stewing in anger was absolutely hilarious
59:05 Target Marked
59:16 Target Lock On
59:30 Target Eliminated
The famous line, "you're no Jack Kennedy" was not meant as an insult.He was just stating the obvious. I bet Jack Kennedy could spell "potato".
***** say what? are you in any way shape or form excusing his spelling mistake? that's great...He was a moron. Period.
"You're no Jack Kennedy", meaning Jack Kennedy was not a moron as this guy was. No matter how long this guy had served, he wasn't worth licking Jack Kennedy's shoes. Liberal or conservative.
@Smash Revino Uh let's see. All Quayle said was that he had as much Congressional experience as Kennedy. THAT FACT was true. Besides - Quayle was a lightweight legislator and rich kid rumored to have had a fling with a Playboy model - Quayle was far more like Kennedy than some folks want to admit. That being said, your observation is correct. In fact, Quayle's consultants VERY EXPLICITLY told Quayle NOT to bring up Kennedy during the debate. He didn't listen and got buzz-sawed.
@Smash Revino "Quayle even trying to compare himself to Kennedy is the ultimate example of his stupidity and bad judgment." -- He was not comparing himself to Kennedy. Maybe your belief that he said it is indicative of your own stupidity.
@@Maestrohbill the best thing about the clip is Bentsen's face lighting up the moment Quayle mentions Kennedy. Perfect set up.
@Fer Abra Well lets see he almost won the nomination for president in 2000 and is a successful businessman worth a couple million bucks and you're some schmuck on the internet lol i bet you couldn't come close enough to him to tickle his nutsack
Dan Quayle looks like he is about to cry in the thumbnail.
LLoyd Bentsen, Walter Mondale, etc...were liberals for sure, but these were honest men. Moral men. I wouldn't have voted for them (and didn't in Dukakis/Bentsen's case) but I wouldn't have had a problem if they had become President/Vice President...particularly in light of where we are today.
Bentsen was rather conservative.
As said above me, Bentsen was an old-fashioned Southern Conservative Democrat.
@@nick56677 but not segregationist, which is cool
@@fahimbashir3402 No. Bentsen wasnt a dixiecrat, the founders of the kkk and segregation. Thats who these right wingers mistake as modern democrats lol
1:17 The Format of The Debate
*Qualifications*
1:39 Quayle - Age is one category, what about Qualifications and issues? I have more experience than the Gov. of Massachusetts
4:54 Bentsen - Big Responsibility, Turn The Deficit Around
8:13 Quayle - Tax Hike Mike
9:13 Bentsen - Reforming Social Security
Quayle - You're Scaring The Old People
12:43 Quayle - Clean Water Act
14:39 Bentsen - They Cut Out Money for Cleaning Water and Air
*Poverty Family*
15:48 Quayle - I've Met With Them, They are glad to hear about a Food Bank in Indiana 17:15 McKenny Homless Bill
18:18 Bentsen - Quayle is Voting Against Polio Shots
Loyd Bentsen is a bad ass
why and how?
Quale seemed so clueless. I am still watching this in 2019.
*Quayl. Well he said Quayle but he also said Potatoe so I think Quayl is probably correct.
He was just there for show. Bush wanted a lackluster yes man for his VP, and Quayle fit the bill.
Cool
He didn't give a good answer on his readiness. He acts like he will have VP experience before a tragedy, they should've asked what would he do if something happened to Bush as Pres-Elect,
Watch from 59:00 and see Senator Bentsen's face light up as he delivers one of the best possible retorts in a debate.
What's great also is seeing the audience reactions at 59:34. There are some really pleased people down there....and some really pissed-off people, too.
He was only in the congress for two years and was in the House while JFK was in the Senate! I bet you anything Bentsen only knew JFK from a stance of seeing him in an elevator!
The 1988 vice presidential debate is the most recent and the last debate to feature vice presidential candidates who were incumbent Senators or sitting Senators after or following the 1976 vice presidential debate. It is only the second vice presidential debate to feature vice presidential candidates who were incumbent or sitting Senators after or following the 1976 vice presidential debate.
Dan Quayle. Hey, at least he's not Sarah Palin!
he's more like paul ryan. young whiny stupid and stuck up
he is a predecessor of palin. he is playing the cute underdog. not sure why he allows himself to appear as the lower man
59:26 "Senator You're No Jack Kennedy"
That was a rehearsed line. Bentsen was waiting for an opportunity to zing it. And yes Dan Quayle is a family man, not a permanent skirt-chaser like Jack Kennedy.
@@kazzicup Dan Quayle was no where near as bad as Sarah Palin was. At least he didn't single handedly ruin his candidates chances of winning like Sarah Palin did to john McCain
@@kazzicup Quayle attempted to seduce a Playboy model (while he was married), but she sent him packing.
@@kazzicup Nonetheless, Quayle walked right into it.
@@kylejj4112 So what?
The 1988 vice presidential debate is the second, the most recent and the last vice presidential debate to feature vice presidential candidates who were sitting or incumbent Senators after or following the 1976 vice presidential debate. So the 1988 vice presidential debate is, as of 2023, the most recent and the last debate to feature vice presidential candidates who were sitting Senators or incumbent Senators after the 1976 vice presidential debate.
1:02:48 the first cell phone in a presidential debate
Lol! Absolutely nothing was spared to Dan Quayle!
Samuel Johnson: Your description of this video is inaccurate. In 1988, Dan Quayle was still a senator from Indiana, not the incumbent VP. Reagan was the outgoing President of the United States, and his VP George H.W. Bush became the Republican Nominee that year.
Correct
lloyd bentsen makes me proud to be from Texas
Lyndon Baines Johnson makes me proud to be from Texas.
Ross Perot makes me proud to be from Texas.
Steve Sisolak makes me EMBARRASSED to be from Nevada!!
Bentsen and Ross Perot would've made great presidents. Too bad that W Tard put a stain on Texas born presidents and others in office.
"I have a very strong record on the environment..."
*laughter*
Dan Quayle - what a fucking joke.
12:42
1988 was a rare circumstance in American presidential electoral history where one of the two major political parties had a far stronger candidate than running mate (Bush/Quayle) and the other major political party had a far stronger running mate than candidate (Dukakis/Bentsen). To date, this remains the most poignant vice-presidential debate in American presidential electoral history. I'd say it was even stronger than the three presidential debates of 1988. Given how Bentsen absolutely torched Quayle in the VP debate, it comes as no surprise that the infamous first question in the second presidential debate of 1988 was posed to Dukakis on a personal level.
There were only two Presidential Debates.
Yup to put Quayle and Bentsens age difference in comparison, Quayle is now in 2022 reaching Bentsens age that Bentsen was in 88.
Lloyd Bentsen was FAR more presidential than Dan Quayle in this debate and overall. No doubt about that.
2 weeks later..Dan Quayle became Vice President of the United States...work it out. hmm
John Lennon Fan And continued to embarrass for another 4 years as VP.
John Lennon Jr douchebag
Dan Quayle is a dumbass.
Bentsen was more presidential than Dukakis. They should of switched roles and maybe dukakis/bentsen might of had a decent fight against bush/quayle.
Dude, you have been mistaken on the description of this video because Dan Quayle was a Senator from Indiana when he was in this debate from 1988 not yet a sitting Vice President of the United States until he took office in 1989. Plus in 1988 George Herbert Walker Bush was the sitting Vice President of the United States.
59:36 George HW Bush lookalike in the front row on the far left
During the "you're no Jack Kennedy" exchange at 0:59:00, LOL at Judy Woodruff saying the audience can't react to Bentsen's reply, then Tom Brokaw adding his own response to it in his very next question. :)
I thought Bentsen was a smug jerk 35 years ago......and still think he was one.
Notice ol' Judy keeps telling the audience to knock off the applause when Quayle gets applause.
Age difference between these candidates:
Dan Quayle was 41
Lloyd Bentsen was 67
Bentsen tried running for president in 76', but he was an absolute disaster. Dan Quayle became Vice President #44. Tried to run for president in 2000, lost to George W.
Dan, no one seeks the office of Vice President. It's the most insignificant job behind executive producer.
Plus, people get appointed to the post of running mate, and only if their candidate wins the presidency do they then become Vice-President. But yes, nobody says “I’m running for Vice-President”.
The Vice Presidency is underrated
Lol Quayle after an hour in looks so defeated
Dan Quayle was the youngest person to become United States Senator from Indiana at the age of 33 years in 1981. Dan Quayle served for a total of 12 consecutive years in Congress having served as a United States Representative from Indiana or as a member of the House of Representatives from Indiana from 1977 to 1981 and as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1981 until his resignation in 1989 in order to become Vice President of the United States 17 days after resigning as United States Senator from Indiana.
'YOU Senator are no Jack Kennedy' - OUCH!
It was a brilliant response by Bentsen, but it also highlighted the fact the Dukakis/Bentsen ticket was "upside-down", with the alpha, pragmatic one at the bottom and Dukakis at top. In fact, anyone here think Dukakis could have delivered a line like that to the same effect (Dukakis and Kennedy were both from the same state and Dukakis was almost 30 the day Kennedy died....it's possible they knew one another and were as much "friends" as Bentsen and Kennedy were)?
Yes, Clinton & Benston are great debaters!
Are you sleeping they wete frauds fakes democrats socialised pigs
Nobody tell Richard that the continent of Europe exists.
59:26 is the most famous quote in the history of any debate.
"There you go again"
@@chris-lc6pw I guess it’s subjective.
and the highlight of that otherwise-nobody's "career"
edit: before you get off, I'm referring to bensten as the nobody
This dude is a badass he flew B-24s in WW2 & then Senator for Texas and then Treasury under Clinton which means he ran the great Clinton economy. How the hell was he not our VP he would've been great
shot heard round the world 58:50
This hits entire different when you know the two parties agreed not to discuss the savings and loans issue prior to the debates.
Lloyd Bentsen would've been a better presidential nominee than Dukakis.
If the ticket would have been reversed bentsen for president and dukakis as vice president, the Democrats would have won the White House in 88
The Democratic ticket should’ve been reversed in 1988
Actually, there was one faithless elector in WV who did exactly that
@@Username-cj8hm yes but I mean that Lloyd Bentsen should have literally been the presidential nominee
@@blackbox3008But he didn’t run for President in the Democratic primaries of 1988. He lost in the Democratic primaries of 1976 and then went back to being a senator.
Lloyd Bentsen would have been a great Vice President. One of the greatest, had Dukakis been elected and tragedy struck, Lloyd would have taken over seamlessly. It’s interesting to note, we would have had a kinder world.
You're no Ronald Reagan.
Did Quayle ONCE mention Dukakis by name in this debate? It’s so annoying hearing him say, “the governor of Massachusetts” over and over.
Quayle and Bush looked down their noses at Dukakis and Bentsen, calling them “liberals” and “Democrats”. They had absolutely zero respect for their opponents because they knew full well that Dukakis and Bentsen were smarter than them, and the Bush/Quayle ticket therefore ran a dirty campaign in 1988.
@@munimathbypeterfelton6251 didn’t Dukakis choose not to run a negative campaign intentionally?
@@jacobmuraco4276 Yes. Hence the reason he and Bentsen were smarter and more decent and mature than Bush and Quayle. Pity the American people didn't pick up on that at the time.
The long face felt worldwide
This video made me want to go home and eat a potatoe.
Hey, that's the way Quayle spelled it, so it must be correct, right?
What if his name was Quayl and we just never noticed the mistake?
This debate is always proof to me that Lloyd Bentsen should've been the Democratic nominee in 1988. If he was, I think he would've destroyed Bush 41 in the general election.
You may be right since he was an excellent communicator, but I think it would have been tough overcoming the popularity of Reagan.
@@joeydoherty368 That's correct. Whoever Reagan endorsed in 88 was winning. What HW failed to understand was the people were voting for a Reagan 3rd term, not Bush himself. In 92 it costed him dearly.
@@nick56677 Exactly. Though I’m actually surprised he didn’t win considering his success with the Persian Gulf War.
Quaelle was A DISASTER
*Quayl
Edit: I know it is spelled Quayle, I left off the "e" as he added an "e" to "potato".
@Lunacy 1993 It was a joke, he added an "e" to "potato" so I jokingly removed the 'e" from his name.
I think Dan Quayle is possibly one of the best Vice-Presidents. He is certainly the most underestimated.
Good joke!!
LMAO i love how quayle calls what the soviets give " billions of dollars" to what we give " a few dollars" lmao
59:27 here is the moment, you are welcome.
I loved how 1988 had both the one of the best and one of the worst Presidential campaign moments in American, this and the Dukakis tank photo op, and they were made by the same campaign!
When did this aire? __________1988
October 5, 1988
Watching this, it’s hard to understand why the hell Bentsen wasn’t the presidential candidate!
The American people are funny in their voting choices--that is, if they choose to vote in the first place.
Because he was too conservative for the Democratic primary electorate.
Awww poor Dan cry us a fukin river
Back when Brit Hume was at least TRYING to be a journalist before he degenerated into a partisan pro Trump hack.
I would have voted for the Bush Quayle ticket but Bentsen won this debate.
He was the last democrat to win a senate election in Texas. Bentsen’s old senate seat is currently held by Ted Cruz.
Dan Quayle was and is a child.
October 05, 1988
Slowing down The Big Moment to 0.25, you'll notice Quayle's face while Bentsen is making his statement. Quayle's advisors had warned him not to bring up Kennedy's name in conjunction with his own. He'd been doing it in his stump speech and had been criticized for it. So his advisors knew that Bentsen had a response prepared in case he did it during the debate. Obviously, Quayle ignored their advice. When Bentsen starts to talk, Quayle is thinking, "Dammit, they were right." Then watch the cut to the audience. A lot of pissed-off Republicans. Not because they're offended on Quayle's behalf by what Bentsen just said, but because they're thinking, "That kid might've just cost us the election."
Why do they blink so much?
I wish we had the president Bentsen and Vice President Gephardt administration 😭😭😭
Love that Dan Quayle 100%.
Tom Brokaw at 0:20?
Wow. Dan Quayle might be one of the worst debaters I have ever seen.
ah, back when being a democrat was something to be proud of
raglanheuser it still is you fucking idiot
you're right, I forgot that rigging a primary, using blacks and hispanics as pawns in voting strategy in private emails, drone striking syria, deporting hundreds of thousands of immigrants, sleeping with the media and corporate banking, and blaming everything on "the russians" are things to be proud of.
raglanheuser your opinion doesn't mean shit.
100,000 dead in syria aren't opinions. they're people. or they were, at least.
raglanheuser It was right before the DLC took over, screwed unions, passed NAFTA, deregulated Wall Street, and became a centrist, neo-liberal, corporate party.
It happens at 59:01. You know what I'm talking about...
59:18...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳🥳🇺🇸🇺🇸
I agree , thought Michalle Dukais wasn't a good debater
Dan Quayle was way better back then he still is
lol
everyone is here for 59:00
Dan Quayle 2016!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I have even more respect for him that he's backing Trump.. Seems to be a real patriot.. It's unfortunate that people will always think of him synonymous with the Bush name.. And, he'd have done a better job than Jr as president I'm sure..
Hell No
59:26 You're welcome.
bentsen should of been the front runner. he would of beaten bushes ass
And Bush knew that too.
@Donald Trump fascist creep
Bentsen mopped the floor with Quayle. I have no idea why Bush would have picked that dummy as his VP, there had to be far superior candidates out there, but they still won. Dukakis was such a boring candidate.
does anyone actually watch these debates? I remember when quail won in 88, I saw him on tv for about 1 minute and thought wow he is cute, but never wanted to watch his debates. I would rather hear him singing as a rock star
Dan Quayle is smarter, more knowledgeable and more articulate than many people give him credit for.
Good joke!!
Quayle (Walz); Bentsen (Vance)
Quayle pissed grandpa off.
Bentsen was a reasonable Democrat. His comments on burden sharing sounds like Trump.
BRIT HUME!!
Brit Hume is old
the problem with a lot of this is most of these people are actually trained actors. I was taught in school that most actors use stage names, sometimes in person too. I wonder how much was rehearsed before time. I noticed a lot of actors kind of disappear and another one shows up looking similar.
I also notice tv preachers look similar, dress the same and even use the same wooden podiums.
Dukakis was so frustrating to support. He was just so bland, boring and wooden. He let the Bush campaign destroy him and make him look like a far left loony. He was leading Bush in September by 20 points. Bentsen deserves a better partner.
Bentsen/Reid '88
Dan Quayle was my guy in this debate. I was rooting for him, and he did great during the debate.
Dan Quayle also did a very good job as vice President. We need conservative people in government.
55:13
World War II?
bush queale was A disaster.
Belgian endive?
Joe Biden...
1:13:00 I think Obama beat your record
This debate should show everybody that Media bias towards Republicans is not a new thing. The question that Woodruff led with in this debate should clearly illustrate this to all. The tone and direction of the questions the rest of the debate are clearly designed to force a response from the viewer i.e. "Senator Bentsen, you have claimed that George Bush and the Republicans would raid Social Security but that you would protect it." A non biased question/comment would have looked like this. "Senator Bentsen, you have claimed to be at odds with George Bush and the Republicans regarding the future use of Social Security trust fund. Please explain how you would handle this issue." You then follow up with a rebuttal or statement from the other person. This is Debate 101.
You never concede one opponents point over the others..that's not the moderator's job...they are their to moderate. The definition of moderator or moderate is: "kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme".
Most of these "moderators" are liberal in their thinking and can't help themselves...I would say the same thing about a Hannity or Limbaugh. The difference is..they aren't being asked to moderate any debates because we know their views are right leaning. Most of the liberal journalists try to pretend they are objective..but daddy knows better.
Media bias towards republicans? It's a reality bias. Your fallacy is the middleground fallacy. There is a reason Fox viewers score lower than *those who watch no news at all* on current events tests, and far less than those who watch other networks.
But hey, you've had a year since this comment to observe the republican party in total power...how's that working out for you? ;)
Enjoy the midterms, you stunted, indoctrinated edgelord. We fucking own you. We always have, and we always will. :)
Owned.
@@playsauce Show me on the doll where Trump hurt you.
Did you watch the second 1988 presidential debate? Namely the opening question posed by Bernard Shaw directly to Dukakis? If that isn't a prime example of bias towards a person and political party, I don't know what is!
Brit Hume is way to much of a partisan republican he would never be a moderator in a presidential debate today .
Funny you should say that, since Hume was one of the people who kept asking Quayle about his experience to get him to name drop Kennedy to set up Bentsen's famous line.
Sorry LLOYD YOUR NOT EVER GONA BE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT!!!JENN-U-WINE TRUTH SIR
Well he’s dead, so I guess your right.
Man this is some biased garbage
Show Trump & Biden i wish Trump would have been prez back then...he was super powerful...