Vice Presidential Candidates Bentsen and Quayle Debate
Telling Quayle that he was no Jack Kennedy was not a cheap shot. If Bentsen had added, “. . . But you are somewhat reminiscent of Spiro Agnew,” that might be construed as a cheap shot.
NEWTON WINTERS
Los Angeles
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