i think that dan quayle was one of those. the full title of full palm the title came from was of little oblivious league with marks not quite as good as quayle. i think that perry had worse marks. that is a to line poem which i like to write because i get paid $100 a poem. at that time the highest paying magazine was the new yorker which made $10 a line don't understand why there's not a huge crowd at the poetry both at the career of a fair. but i get $10 a line and i mean $100 a poem no matter what, so when i want that sort of those from working for the top dollar in the field i white 82 line poem. one of my early ones was about lloyd bentsen the former texas senator when he was named secretary of treasury dealing with special-interest groups the man known for pro quickness that is how folks do business. [laughter] its $50 a line. [laughter] that's not my shortest poem is the political societal and philosophical implications of the o.j. simpson trial, that is the title. titles don't count and the whole poem is oj oa ave. it

heavies mused about dumping dan quayle from the ticket before he was even nominated. immediately. publicly aides insisted that george herbert walker bush considered quayle to be his first choice and his only choice. but that was really only the public line, that was the official history of this, but not the real history. we learn the real history of this today. thanks to an interview with poppy bush's former secretary of state james baker, an interview just released today. we now know the 1988 republican ticket could have been very, very, very, very, very, emphasis on very, very different. >> so the real candidates were dole, quayle, simpson, kemp. is there anyone else that you remember being an important candidate? >> you don't have clint eastwood on there. make my day. which you know clint eastwood's name was thrown out at one point? >> no, i didn't know that. >> when we were way behind, it was suggested in not

if i wasn't one of the people who said that dan quayle had a stare like a deer in headlights, but some people say i suspect the people who did write that got more, even though quayle had a very loyal following, got more letters from deer people dan quayle people. [laughter] >> my question is about wit and humor because it's such a difficult thing to achieve, any of us who try to write. is the editing process when you write something? is it not funny enough? can you talk a little bit about making some paint. >> well yeah, i think that -- i took a course in college called daily themes, where you had to write little vignettes every day. and they had a bunch -- i later wrote about the course. and they had a bunch of rules. and one of their rules was individualized by specific detail. that seems to be a rule of humor. if you talk about a philadelphia cheesesteak tasting better leaning against the car, sort of funny. but if you say you leaning against a pontiac it's funnier. not sure why. but i think a lot of humors in detail. and i think you can only try to please yourself because humor is

today was the bush team, at least briefly, considered clint eastwood for v.p., before choosing dan quayletead. this info has been found in an oral history recording of james baker. in it baker says eastwood's name was thrown out at a meeting when bush was 18 points down. eastwood was a republican mayor of carmel, california. baker says the idea as he put it was "shot down pretty quick." >>> tough economic times for city and state governments are ushering in budget cuts in places no one would have expected just a few years back. beyond laying off teachers, firefighters and other city workers, some communities really are going to extremes. our report tonight from nbc's kerry sanders. [ bell ringing ] >> reporter: it's a sign of the times, doing more with less and in some cases doing less with less. in waconda and irene, south dakota, school is four days a week a cost-cutting move to save $50,000. >> we looked into the schools that were doing four-day weeks. we don't feel it's going to have an effect on the students' achievement at all. >> reporter: in tiny alto, texas, population 1,200 the

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he settled on dan quayle.s presidency was mark with mainly changes. >> if you were to design a chief, a cries yais like desert storm, you could not do better that you had with george bush. >> the university of virginia miller center and the george bush library. >> can you imagine sending clint eastwood to meet with leaders of other nationings saying, please, make my day. his wife is a newscaster. she is a friend of mine. i'm thinking, high ticket to a state dinner. that would have been interesting. vice president eastwood. >> he legalized ice cream on the streets of carmel. >> that gives you some indication of the situation mr. bush was in at the time, really trying to think out of the box at that time. >> exactly. >> moving ahead, still ahead, the man suspected of gunning down nine people in a california salon faced a judge today. charges he is now facing and the punishment prosecutors are pushing for. >>> thieves are tar getting local restaurants but they are looking for something a little dirtier than cash.

. >> these are mistakes that dan quayle made. about abortion when confronted.h quayle and mccain and now cain say, it would be up to the individual. i don't approve, but the woman in the family should make their mind up for themselves. >> that's exactly right about the rise of cain, it has a lot to do with romney. the republican party has found its michael dukakis, a massachusetts governor running on competence not ideology. >> what is this doing for president obama as they watch this infighting and what frank has been telling us? >> they're campaigning against mitt romney, they already started. david axelrod, the democratic third party, they ultimately think that romney is going to be the nominee. when i talked to president obama earlier this week, he was clearly aware of the 9-9-9 plan, second of all, he had seen the republicans had been rising and falling and so, they're lying in wait. they have different scenarios if romney is the opponent. >> donna, is it romney? >> i think jake is absolutely right in his report, democratics are worried about romney. i sti

dan quayle will be with us and jan brewer and arizona senate president russell pearce, live tomorrow eastern. coming up, democrats and republicans agree, it's 100%. but what they agree on may have you wondering what's up with that? senator john cornyn is next. a kayaker crosses paths with a whale. you will have to see this to believe it. [ vet ] your turn max. [ cat ] inside and out. and i'm not the only one who thinks so...right doc? [ female announcer ] vets agree, a healthy check up starts inside. our breakthrough iams premium protection formula is developed with vets... ...with cutting edge ingredients for the lifelong health of your pet. [ cat ] what a surprise... straight as again! [ female announcer ] iams premium protection. our most advanced iams nutrition. ever. [ cat ] oh, i'm not in your way, am i doc? i...[yawns] am an iams cat. >> there is big news in the fast & furious scandal in just 60 seconds. but julia huddy has the headliance. >> officers seen digging behind the home where a kansas city infant went missing this month. fbi agents using dogs to help scour the proper

and, first, a guest you all know, former vice president dan quayle joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening. congratulations to you and fox. 15 great years. many more. we hope. >> greta: absolutely. >> fair and balanced. >> greta: use that for an ad. >> exactly. >> greta: love your state fair. >> you are interested in political history. i'm going to give you a little political history from my perspective in the arizona state fair. it was back in 1958 when i lived here. i grew up here in arizona. i was with my wonderful mother who is hopefully watching tonight, because i'm mentioning her in a very good set. took me to the arizona state fair to pass out barry goldwater literature when he was running for the united states senate against earnest mcfarland. that was my first political event in my life. >> greta: what a difference it makes. >> exactly. >> greta: who would guess you would be vice president and be back here. >> be back at the arizona state fair. when i knew you were going to be here and you invited me i said absolutely i want to come see greta and

perry, the one thing dan quayle taught us is you can't run away from the label of being called dumb.ecided that perry is just not ready for prime time. with respect to cain, i think as we learned with the boston red sox to move from a political to a sports analogy, you can't get to a world series by making that many forced errors. on abortion and how you negotiate with the terrorists on the right of return and a series of issues. this guy makes several unforced errors a week. nobody emerged to challenge and it's unclear if anybody will. the base of the party will think he's a weak tee. >> listen to this. >> the man is a serial wind sock. any time you turn around, it's something else. any time he uses an adjective he is getting ready to flip flop. >> it's painful to watch, but also very juicy and exciting as a person watching it. no one likes him. rush limbaugh and none of the conservatives on television and ann coulter. he reminds me of being whiney and elitist and he is just not likeable up against someone like cain who is likeable no matter how many time he puts his food in his mou

. >> and talk about wanting to escape, who can forget vice president dan quayle exercising his spellingfront of the cameras. >> add one little bit on the end. potato. >> you write phonetically. there you go. >> there you go. >> i wouldn't try your luck at, are you smarter than a fifth grader, dan. >> i guess he was wrong and i was right. >> and speaking of a gaffe with an "e" on the end, here's a technical one. and you're in my way of my script, there, if you will move. >> and don't you just hate those meetings that go on and on and on? president ronald reagan certainly did. just before leaving office, president reagan jokes about his frequent public snoozes. as soon as i get home to california, i plan to lean back, kick up my feet, and take a long nap. come to think of it, things won't be all that different after all. >> and speaking of snoozing, i bet president bill clinton wishes this baby was napping and hadn't just eaten before he picked her up at a rally. >> threw up a little bit. >> that's good luck. >> no matter how embarrassing the bloopers or how wild the fights, one thing is

foreclosures, but tonight look at the celebration behind me vice president dan quayle, governor januaryewer and so much going on. we even went to the petting zoo and fed goats and cows and lamb mass. everything is fabulous. of course they threw in the ferrari that they gave me for the 15th anniversary. >> sean: bring me back a friday twinkie and funnel take. let not your heart be troubled our great great great american panel is next. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink most powerful trading app ? total access - to everything. from idea to research to trade. including financials, indicators and real-time streaming quotes. whether you check your investments every day or every minute, our app can take them from thought to trade. at scottrade, seven-do

. >> bush eventually picked indiana senator, dan quayle, to be vice president. clint eastwood served one term as mayor of carmel. >>> if you want to run with the bulls, you don't need to take a trip to spain. just go to phoenix this morning. here was the practice run for today's running of the bulls. fortunately, no one was injured. more people are expected to show up this morning. the run is a quarter mile with 32 bulls in the phoenix suburb of cape creek. the american version has been in the united states only three times. i say, no, thank you. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to many could, no charges will be filed. we will hear the santa clara district attorney on his decision not to file charges in the alleged rape a teenage girl by members of the college baseball team. i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about cold and flu remedies. >>> good morning to you. taking our cameras over the city. you can see lots

you know, she was dan quayle as soon as she lost that thing as far as i could tell.have paid attention to something else in this story? >> no, look, i think you're right. i think that when she stepped aside from her governorship that that was a, you know, question that hung out there and there was no good answer for in terms of stepping up and running to be the most powerful person in the world. >> steve, people who've worked with her have come away with differing views of them. i want to read to you something that nicole wallace has said, "time" magazine interviewed her. she served as a senior adviser on the mccain/palin campaign. she has a new novel out called "it's classified." and regarding the main character in the novel nicole wallace says, "the idea of a mentally ill vice president who suffers in complete isolation was obviously sparked by the behaviors i witnessed by sarah palin. there certainly were discussions, not for long because of the arc the campaign took, but certainly there were discussions about whether if they were to win it would be appropriate fo

dan quayle menses jack kennedy as he had done in the campaign trail.had a line saying i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine, and your note back -- jack kennedy. some dispute about whether that was a prepared line. what is yours? >> well, it's out of the way to me. unfortunately i was not able to talk to lloyd bentsen. by the time i got around to it. in public statements that he made to reporters after the debate when he was asked whether or not that was a boy purblind he said, no, no, no. it just came to me. however, some of the folks around bentsen letter said, well, we have heard him say this before. in other words, we have heard quayle say something about john f. kennedy before. about the experience. that was a point that quayle had more experience in congress and then government and john f. kennedy did when he was elected president. so they were ready for this. i think we just have to leave it to hear again to different use of what happened. >> talk a little bit about the negotiations that go into -- and i no you're not a part of t

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>> i've got my joe biden -- anyway, the bottom line is this, if dan quayle can't get kicked off a ticketet kicked off a ticket. we're sticking with obama and biden. >> all right. >> let me -- will, i'm going to let you weigh in there. >> i was just going to say i agree with ed. the appeal for hillary clinton is she has been able to be above the fray. i want to use the same catch phrase there. she hasn't had to get mired in partisan fights and she hasn't had to be attached to this economy in any way. that being said, she brings these positives to the ticket. and i've got to ask you this, i don't understand why it's so out of the question. what does joe biden bring to the ticket? what benefit? what positive does he bring? i don't think when any voter goes into the voting booth and go, well, he does have biden. in fact, i think it works the opposite. biden is a net negative to obama. >> well, i disagree. and i tell you why. because you're right. i don't think people consider a vice president when they're voting for a president in the same way that i don't think it drags down the ticket. bid

president bush also chose dan quayle to be his vice president. going, come on, buddy, go ahead, make my day. >> hey, vice president eastwood? >> yeah. >> how about this? speaking of clint eastwood, i did a little something for you here. some of these are easy for you to make the connection. madison county, wisconsin, 60 and partly cloudy skies. callahan, anybody, anybody? "dirty harry! you got it! gun barrel city, texas. and heartbreak ridge, california, 78. what about spots seeing rain out there? doesn't have anything to do with the clint eastwood movies but a low pressure system around the rockies. exiting the northeast. you can see it right here. i'm not worried so much about rain today but i will tell you behind this a lot of wind is pushing in and a lot of wind advisories from northern new england as far south as places like philadelphia over to the northern great lakes. >> announcer: this weather segment sponsored by all. tough on stains, gentle on skin. >>> good enough, everybody. nancy, over to you. >>> prosecutors are close to wrapping u

interviewees deeing critical moments in american history with appear aves by former vice president dan quayle and former defense secretary then dick cheney. james rosen is live in washington with this fox news exclusive. high james. -- hi james. >> reporter: more than 50 senior officials were interviewed for this oral history and these tapes have never been played publicly until now. they take us inside the oval office during the bush 41 presidency as never before, showing us how george herbert walker bush operated behind the scenes but also giving us insights into many figures who would later serve in the bush 43 presidency, men like robert gates. in fact, the first clip we're going to play for you features gates, then the director of cia, recalling the final planning stages for operation desert storm, the campaign deliberates -- to liberate saddam hussein from iraq. it was an awkward situation when president bush asked him to review and report back on the plan for top officials, including dick cheney and colin powell. the only time the president looked over cheney and powell's shoulder in t

dan quayle actually won. it's not as anyone's political fortunes got better after doing it. >> they think they can win too. i don't disagree with them. the math is on the republicans side. >> this is why i think they'll take the happy mormon. >> but the rubio calculation has to be why should he use his political standing to shore up somebody else? i would believe rubio. i will be shocked if he's the v.p. nominee. >> you've been a great panel. i thank you for rushing here, jake and chuck. >> didn't know president obama had a press conference and had to ask questions. >> i'm assuming there wasn't any news or you would have told us. >> nine questions, 75 minutes. it might be his longest word to question press conference going. >> i asked three questions so i can't blame him for that. [laughter] >> i asked 2.5. >> the two of you had five of the nine? good going. thanks very much. [cheers and applause] >> margaret, thank you, we've made it through another washington ideas forum and in five minutes we're starting t