Although in public I refer to him as Mr. Vice President, in private I call
him George... When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him
George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice
President, because that's who he is.
-- Senator Dan Quayle shortly after being named
-- Geo. Bush's running mate, 8/27/88
-- (reported in Esquire, 8/92, The NY Times, 8/28/88)
him George... When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him
George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice
President, because that's who he is.
-- Senator Dan Quayle shortly after being named
-- Geo. Bush's running mate, 8/27/88
-- (reported in Esquire, 8/92, The NY Times, 8/28/88)
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- I'm the Vice-President. They know it, and they know that I know it.
Vice President Dan Quayle talking about his political... - Let us get through this week. Let us get through the debate or debates.
Let us see George Bush re-elected this November. And... - I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.
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Vice President Dan Quayle to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89... - I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.
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Vice President Dan... - It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves
as real America.
Rural America, real America, real, real, America. ... - I will describe] where I come from and what kind of a house I lived in
when I was a kid,
how many public schools that I went to - five elementary... - I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was.
He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps... - When you start talking about sleaze, I think some in the media ought to
look in the mirror.
Now what's the motivation of this? I can't think of... - I support efforts] to limit the terms of members of Congress,
especially members of the House and members of the...
