old crow, jack dan jells understood my father mouthfuls at a time. jim beam and old forester where uncles rolled up in the sufficiented hennesy take it's first breath and hound dog laughter and dominos falling like hail on the dining table. relatives existed through stories and memory ease in like zombies on ropes of camel smoke and demand a texas holdum. no wonder they call it spirits. spirits vad my father with cower vas yea. spirits made him burn rubber screaming in the driveway. the marianet and tongue were skillets at mid night. i wouldn't see his ass again until the next afternoon. twoshgs johnnie. gee my cousin john edwards volunteered for possession every week. he was certified. ex exor citizenim did nothing. colt 45, crazy horse they demand the sacrifices in blood so bottles would go to the couch friday night. walls kicked until straight jackets lay waiting on the lawn. mama would site visions of gang boys with metal vent as if it explained anything. it didn't between dusk from the and dawn saturday he was ready to blow the -- up. do you wan

edmund muskie, sergeant shriver, bob dole, walter mondale, geraldine ferraro, lloyd bentsen, dan quayle, jack lieberman, john edwards, and who can forget, sarah palin. even if paul ryan is re-elected to his house seat in november, he will be forced to give up his budget committee chairmanship under the house republican term limits rules for chairman. he will also, of course, be blamed within the party for helping to sink the republican ticket with his radical plan for repealing and replacing medicare. and, so, he will sit in the house of representatives with all of the power of a junior member, plotting his run for president in 2016, or he might reasonably find the power of a junior member so dispiriting, after having had the power of a chairman, that he resigns from the house to plot his run for the presidency from the comfort of the only private sector job he has known working in the ryan family business, a business that has made him rich, the same way paris hilton got rich, through inheritance. some of the same pundits who were foolish enough to think that sarah palin was a front-runner fo

we will bring you dan quayle from 1988, and jack kemp of from 1996, dick cheney from 2000, and sarah. former nominees for vice president. >> just think, 82 days from now , george bush and i are going to win one for you, win one for america's future, and yes, win one for tehe gipper. [applause] my friends -- >> four more years! >> i am standing here tonight because of a decision made by a great man and a great leader, george bush. [applause] two days ago, he asked me if i would join him as his running mate. i am deeply grateful for george's confidence in, and i am humbled by the task ahead. i would like to add a very personal note. i am also standing here tonight because of the decision my wife, marilyn, and i made nearly 16 years ago, to be married. marilyn and our children, tucker, benjamin, and corrine, all my strength, my pride, my joy. [applause] they are and always will be my total life. many this week and asked, who is dan quayle? the people of indiana now -- know me. [applause] and now the nation will. [applause] since 1980, i have been the united states senator from indiana,

dan noyes, abc7 news. >>> oakland's jack london square was the scene of a unique promotion today. a scene out of a bond movie. customers at the weekend farmer's market were treated to a man flying a water-powered jet pack. it is the promotion for a new adult beverage with carbonated water and alcohol. the designer, a chinese-born canadian says he was told it would be impossible to create a water-power withed jet pack, but built one anyway. >>> we want to give thanks to those taking part in the sleep train dream campaign. it is charles s from santa clara and candy t in concord and bruce b from fremont. you can make a difference to the bay area foster kids. like abc7 news on facebook, and $1 is donated to the dream campaign. >>> we now want to give you the latest on some developing news we first told you about on abc7 news at 5:00. two wildfires with burning 50 miles north of santa rosa in lake county. one building burned to the ground and crews struggle to gain the upper hand. people we spoke to say they had minutes to leave their homes. the flames have charred 5,000 acres so far a

dan noyes, abc7 news. >>> oakland's jack london square was the scene of a unique promotion today. it looks like a scene out of a bond movie. customers at the weekend farmer's mket were treated to a man flying a water-powered jet pack. it is the promotion for a new adult beverage with carbonated water and alcohol. the designer, a chinese-born canadian says he was told it would be impossible to create a water-power withed jet pack, but built one anyway. >>> we want to give thanks to those taking part in the sleep train dream campaign. it is charles s from santa clara and candy t in concord and bruce b from fremont. you can make a difference to the bay area foster kids. like abc7 news on facebook, and $1 is donated to the dream campaign. >>> we now want to give you the latest on some developing news we first told you about on abc7 news at 5:00. two wildfires with burning 50 miles north of santa rosa in lake county. one building burned to the ground and crews struggle to gain the upper hand.ople we spoe people we spoke to say they had minutes to leave their homes. the flames have char

there is a risk that you get lloyd benson, dan quayle moment. i worked with jackk kennedy. but i had bill kristol on my show on foxnews.com this week. and he was talking about it. and he said that ryan's understanding of policy is so deep and so deep and he has had two debates with barack obama himself already. on the republican policy retreat and their discussions over the debt ceiling. so paul ryan has been through the fires on this. he's good at it. >> right. we have seen

there is a risk that you get lloyd benson, dan quayle moment. i worked with jack kennedy and you are no jack kennedy. but i had bill kristol on my show on foxnews.com this week. and he was talking about it. and he said that ryan's understanding of policy is so deep and so deep and he has had two debates with barack obama himself already. on the republican policy retreat and their discussions over the debt ceiling. so paul ryan has been through the fires on this. he's good at it. >> right. we have seen some of that video... of that questions there with president obama, going back and forth with spending. talk about that for just a moment. >> think about this. paul ryan, as a member of the house, a relatively young man, toe to toe with the president of the united states. the president set ryan ups a foil. he said, i'm willing to talk to reasonable republicans, not unreasonable republicans, like paul ryan. and ryan held his feet to the fire and told the president, if you want to talk, let's talk about this. a key moment in all of this is that ryan went on the bowls-s

national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> our guest today is a lieutenant general dan allyn and the moderator is the general jack keene, u.s. army retired and acting chief of staff of the army. he currently serves as chairman of the board of directors and with that, i will hand over to him. >> thank you. we have some friends in the group here. general sullivan. we're surrounded by good friends and were you? the national treasurer back there. probably the best intel dive met in my life. welcome, everybody. our president is in afghanistan a cent -- is in afghanistan or she has been spending the last few years. they just arrived today. it has been about a month. she welcomes u.s. well. we are honored to have the lieutenant-general who commands the 18th airborne corps and was the commander of the regional command east in afghanistan. he grew up in maine. does that make you a red sox fan? >> absolutely, sir. >> -- >> do we have to go there now? >> [laughter] strong support from the second row there. he's had a distinguished career as a commander all his life. the great first cavalry division and multiple tours in ira

presidential debate between lloyd benson and dan quayle was most memorable for this particular exchange. >> i have as much experience in the congress as jackdy did when he sought the presidency. >> senator, you i served with jack kennedy. i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you are no jack kennedy. [ applause ] >> bill: i would have hit him. [ laughter ] now, four years later, 1992, republic national convention, ronald reagan had some fun with that memorable moment saying he knew who? cards up, please. the answer is, roll the tape. >> this fellow they have nominated claims he is the new thomas jefferson. [boos] >> well, let me tell you something, i knew thomas jefferson. [ laughter ] he was a friend of mine. [ laughter ] and governor, you are no thomas jefferson. [cheers and applause] >> bill: all right. >> that was good. >> bill: talking about bill clinton there by the way. >> you both got it wrong even though you are applauding like seals. both got it wrong. here is question number two. conan o'brien nbc had a public falling out in 2010. seven months after giving conan "the tonight show." nbc pulled the plug

bush chose dan kwa*eul, bob dole chose jack camp, john mccain chose sarah palein. it's also conventional in the sense that governors running for president invariably choose washington insiders. every governor since 1952 has chosen someone from washington as his running mate. it's surprising in the sense that it identifies governor romney with congressman ryan's budget plan. governor romney, i think, now owns it. it also is the first time in memory where a ticket hasn't had somebody with the national security credential on it, it's unusual to choose someone from the house of representatives. 1962, william willer -- miller, jerald een ferraro, 1984 are the only recent examples. so i think -- i think it's both a conventional choice but also a somewhat surprising choice. host: in yesterday's edition of the "kansas city star" from kansas city star.com we get this, romney taps ryan as running mate, written by william douglas and david lightman, ryan is aaccording by fiscal conservatives, however, who in recent weeks had pushed for his inclusion on the romney ticket. romn