Friday, August 13, 2010
The son of former Vice President Dan Quayle thinks President Barack Obama is the worst president in history.
Ben Quayle, the progeny of the tongue-tied former politician, is running for a congressional seat in Arizona, which is likely the reason he's come out publicly against the president.
"Barack Obama is the worst president in history," Quayle says in a campaign ad. He goes on to say that his generation will "inherit a weakened country."
"I love Arizona. I was raised right. Somebody has to go to Washington and knock the hell out of the place."
Of course, Quayle's father was known for his memorable public speaking errors and for misspelling "potato" at an event for schoolchildren and quotes like these:
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or, not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is?"
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child," he said at another event.
Many people may rank Quayle's dad as one of the worst vice presidents in history.
During his four years in office, he kept the late-night shows in business. So, it's a little weird that his son is making disparaging comments about any politician.
Maybe Ben Quayle is trying to distract voters from the fact that he was once a writer for a site called Dirty Scottsdale.
The site posted pictures of club-goers in the city and then commented on their appearance or actions. Quayle's job was to find the "hottest chick in Scottsdale." Reportedly, Quayle may have written the column under the pseudonym of a porn star from the movie 'Boogie Nights.'
At first, Quayle denied any involvement with the site to Politico:
"I was not involved in the site, Quayle said.
But he later admitted he did post to the site after the story gained steam. The Website is now a national gossip site called The Dirty.
Politico also reported that Quayle sent out campaign literature of himself and his wife surrounded by several kids. In the ad, Quayle said he wanted to raise his family in Arizona.
The only problem is that Quayle doesn't have children.
Phoenix-based GOP strategist Wes Gullet said the Website story will pose problems for Quayle:
"This site is notorious for being disparaging of women. If women voters, Christian voters and very conservative males voters think this guy is doing stuff that is untoward, it will have a huge impact and could easily cost him the race," Gullett, a former presidential campaign adviser to John McCain, told Politico. "When you are caught and you change your story, voters don't like that. When you have nine other choices, voters have plenty of opportunity to pick somebody else."
Source: Black Voices