Dan Quayle
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It’s hard to believe such reckless confidence, but Tom Bethell (“Once in Office, the Presidential Aura Appears,” Column Right, Jan. 9) really did say that Vice President Dan Quayle, as a replacement President, “would inadvertently perform a useful service by undermining the mystique of the heroic presidency”! Translated, that means “on-the-job-training” is OK for a callow, smirking “gofer” in an elitist, forget-the-economy Administration.
Perhaps the time has come for another haberdasher President seriously minding the store.
ALBERT FALKOVE
Glendale
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