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Originally Posted by MTI
I think the difference in reaction is much simpler . . . Quayle's comment about Murphy Brown was to denigrate and was disconnected from the national view of support for single parents, while the Will & Grace comment by Biden was reflective of the growing support for same sex marriage.
Like many other social conservatives, Quayle failed to realize that the country had moved on the issue and was friing an early shot on the so called "war against women."
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You are probably right, but I stick by my Quayle-as-jackass theory. I have a friend who interned in the Senate when Quayle was still Senator Quayle. Apparently there are two elevators - one for senators and one for everyone else. The senator's elevator had a full-time elevator operator. One day the senators' elevator was the only one in operation so someone told my friend to use it. The elevator stopped at a floor and Quayle got on. He looked down his nose at the young intern and said, "You know this elevator is only for members," and then got off on the next floor. My friend said he was totally mortified. After Quayle got off, the elevator operator said, "Don't worry about it. That guy's a jackass."
That's classic Quayle - clueless and arrogant.