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Originally posted by Arya
oh my, did he really said that?
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Oh, Arya, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Here is just a sampling of some others.
-- On the San Francisco earthquake of 1989, the aftermath of which he called “a heart-rendering sight”: "The loss of life will be irreplaceable.”
-- Explaining why he favored manned-missions to Mars: “Mars is essentially in the same orbit. Mars is somewhat the same distance from the sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.” (White House spokesman David Beckwith quickly pointed out that Quayle “obviously knows there’s no water flowing in the canals now.”)
-- To Sam Donaldson: “I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.”
-- In a speech on education: “Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.”
-- In a statement announcing support for Congressional term limits, he said he supports efforts “to limit the terms of members of Congress, especially members of the House of Representatives and members of the Senate.”
-- Speaking of the situation in the Middle East: “We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.”
-- On the state of the world in general: “I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change.”
-- And on the impending First Gulf War, and how there was no comparison with Vietnam: “Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia you have sand.” Quayle added that there was no need to worry about a protracted war war because “from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time.”
Oh, I miss Quayle.
