Topic: Texas Politics
Senator Lloyd Bentsen was an old school Democrat of the highest order. Back when they did not complain; they fixed. He passed away this morning at the age of 85 in Houston, Texas.Bentsen gained a large level of notoriety for sticking it to Dan Quayle during the 1988 Vice-Presidential Debates, when Bentsen (running with Dukakis, which doomed him automatically - ed.) responded to Quayle's comments of having just as much experience as JFK when Kennedy ran for President. Bentsen's retort was freaking famous and awesome at the same time:
"Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
Ha, nice. We might not have agreed with all of the senator's principles, but his thoughts and opinions on international business, tax law and oil company protection could have saved our country millions of dollars by filling the national surplus when gas was inexpensive, unlike when we're attempting to do it now with the black stuff hitting $71 a barrel. The current Democratic party could stand to take a lesson from Senator Bentsen, because he was an honest American and politician, which was rare back then, but even more scarce now.
AP via YAHOO! NEWS
Posted by James
at 11:47 AM CDT
