Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle was nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1988, and won. His nomination is believed to have been a test to see whether dumb people were electable. It's one reason why Republicans thought Sarah Palin and Dubya would be good candidates.

Interesting facts about Dan Quayle

 * He is notable for being unable to spell potato. Which does not have an 'e' on the end.
 * He believes that Earth and Mars are in "roughly the same orbit", and that if there is liquid water on Mars, "that means there is oxygen, and that means we can breath." Now technically that would mean there was oxygen, but it would not mean we could breath, as the oxygen would be locked as a compound with hydrogen in water. Dan Quayle is a Republican, and Republicans hate science, so you can understand how he didn't get it.
 * He holds the firm belief that, "For NASA, space is still a high priority."
 * He "did not live in the twentieth century."
 * With Dubya Sr. you got experience, and with him you got the future.
 * He dodged the draft. Liberals, like Al Gore, did not.