jim schlesinger never got an answer. and the reason he did is because the governor of massachusetts doesn't want to answer former secretary jim schlesinger on that very important question. >> senator bentsen, i'd like to ask you about your -- >> tom, a last question for senator quayle. >> senator quayle, all of us in our lifetime encounter an experience that helps shape our adult philosophy in some form or another. could you describe for this audience tonight what experience you may have had and how it shaped our political philosophy? 4 -- >> there are a lot of sperpses that i have had that have shaped my adult philosophy, but the one i keep coming back to time and time again, and i talk about it at commencement addresses, i talk about it in high schools. i talk about it when i visit the job training centers. it is the advice my maternal grandmother, martha pulliam, who is 97 years old, has given me. she says you can do anything you want to if you just set your mind to it and go to work. now the dukakis supporters sneer

jim schlesinger never got an answer. and the reason he did is because the governor of massachusetts doesn't want to answer former secretary jim schlesinger on that very important question. >> tom, a last question for senator quayle. >> senator quayle, all of us in our lifetime encounter an experience that helps shapes our adult philosophy in some form or another. could you describe for this audience tonight what experience you may have had, and how it shaped our political philosophy? >> there are a lot of experiences that i've had that have shaped my adult philosophy, but the one that i keep coming back to time and time again and i talk about it at commencement addresses, i talk about it in the high schools. i talk about it when i visit the job training centers. and it's the advice that my maternal grandmother, martha pulliam, who's 97 years old. we are a modern day, four generation family. the advice that she gave me when i was growing up is advice that i've given my children, and i've given to a number of children, num

energy secretary in the carter administration jim/ginger in an open letter to "time" magazine asked governor dukakis, are you viscerally anti-military? jem schlesinger never got an answer. and the reason he didn't is because the governor of massachusetts does not want to answer the former secretary jim/ginger on that very important question. >> moderator: the last question for senator quayle. >> senator all of us in our lifetime encountered an experience that helps shape our adult philosophy in some way or another. can you describe to the audience tonight what experience you have had in how it has shaped your political philosophy? quayle: there are a lot of experiences that i have had that have shaped my adult philosophy but the one that i keep coming back to time and time again, and i talk about it in commencement addresses, i talk about it at high schools. i talk about it when i visited job training centers and it is the advice that my maternal grandmother who is 97 years old -- we are a modern day four generation family. the advice that she gave me when i was growing up is advice that i have given my children and i have given to a number of child