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- From: tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom Perigrin)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.dan-quayle
- Subject: Re: The real Dan Quayle
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.181900.20368@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 18:19:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.203050.22610@u.washington.edu> sieferme@stein.u.washington.edu (Eric Sieferman) writes:
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- >My belief (shamelessly named "Eric's Hypothesis") is that Our Boy
- >is a Reagan-In-Training. DQ is photogenic, vacuous, and
- >usually appears innocent and non-threatening. He is improving
- >his acting skills, and is getting better at delivering
- >bland platitudes as if they are profound nuggets of wisdom.
- >Most importantly, he has shown that is willing to be molded
- >by powerful interests both inside and outside the RepubliCon Party,
- >just like Ronnie Reagan. Whether this will be sufficient to
- >gain the nomination in 1996 remains to be seen.
-
- That exactly correct. People who like form over substance will LOVE the
- new spin controlled Dan Quayle. (Quayle lite). A blow dried Robert
- Redford-type, who can sell product to the voters without real concern
- for facts and content.
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- You know what you find if you scratch Clinton? A complex person who
- dissembled about his draft status, probably slept with a Bimbo, and
- tries to straddle both sides of an issue if it is complex.
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- You know what you find if you scratch Dan Quayle? The other side.
-