Dan Quayle | |
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44th Vice President of the United States | |
In office January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | George H. W. Bush |
Succeeded by | Al Gore |
United States Senator from Indiana | |
In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989 | |
Preceded by | Birch Bayh |
Succeeded by | Dan Coats |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th district | |
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 | |
Preceded by | Edward Roush |
Succeeded by | Dan Coats |
Personal details | |
Born | James Danforth Quayle February 4, 1947 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | |
Children | 3, including Ben |
Parent(s) | James C. Quayle Martha Pulliam |
Relatives |
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Education | DePauw University (BA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD) |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1969–1975 |
Rank | Sergeant |
Unit | Indiana Army National Guard |
James Danforth Quayle (/ˈkweɪl/; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Quayle represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981 and in the U.S. Senate from 1981 to 1989.
A native of Indianapolis, Quayle spent most of his childhood in Paradise Valley, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. He married Marilyn Tucker in 1972 and obtained his J.D. degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1974. He and Marilyn practiced law in Huntington, Indiana, before his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1976. In 1980, he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
In 1988, incumbent vice president and Republican presidential nominee George H. W. Bush chose Quayle as his running mate. His vice presidential debate against Lloyd Bentsen was notable for Bentsen's "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" quip. The Bush–Quayle ticket defeated the Democratic ticket of Michael Dukakis and Bentsen, and Quayle succeeded Bush as vice president in January 1989. During his tenure, Quayle made official visits to 47 countries and was appointed chairman of the National Space Council. As vice president, he developed a reputation for making comments that some media outlets perceived to be gaffes.[1][2][3][4] He secured re-nomination for vice president in 1992, but Democrat Bill Clinton and his running mate Al Gore defeated the Bush–Quayle ticket.
In 1994, Quayle published his memoir, Standing Firm. He declined to run for president in 1996 because of phlebitis. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 but withdrew his campaign early on and supported the eventual nominee, George W. Bush. He joined Cerberus Capital Management, a private-equity firm, in 1999. Since leaving office, Quayle has remained active in the Republican Party, including making presidential endorsements in 2000, 2012, and 2016.
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President Reagan's Remarks at a Ceremony for President-Elect George Bush on November 9, 1988
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>> I now have the honor of presenting to you your choice of commencement speaker, and it's a terrific opportunity for all of us to welcome him here. I'm not going to give a huge introduction except to say that we both spent a lot of time in the state of Arizona, and that his son is actually now in Congress, as a representative of a district in that state. He's the former Vice President of the United States. He's the chairman of Cerberus Global Investments, which has offices all over the world. His political career includes election to Congress in 1976, the Senate in 1980. He was Vice President of the United States at age 41. He, of course, is a lawyer. He earned his undergraduate degree at DePaul, and his degree that you're earning today at Indiana University School of Law. It is really an honor and a privilege to present the commencement speaker for 2012, Dan Quayle. [applause] >> Thank you very much, Dean Arterian, and Chairman Thompson, the Board of Trustees, the faculty, staff, parents, friends, and especially graduates of the class of 2012. I really appreciate the welcome, I'm delighted to be here, but this is your day. This is your very special day, and you earned it by diligence and hard work, and on behalf of everyone in this audience, I congratulate you on a job well done. [applause] It's an honor to be your guest this afternoon, and frankly, this is my kind of assignment. Because when you're a commencement speaker, you get a seat on a platform, a very generous introduction, first class treatment all the way. And for that, you only have to get up and say a few words that people won't remember anyway. It's just like being Vice President. [laughter] A wise Senate colleague of mine said this about commencement speeches: "Be brief, be bright, and be gone." [laughter] This is my first time here, and there are a few things that always come to mind when I hear about Syracuse University. For one thing, I think of my friend and former Senate colleague, Joe Biden, who got his law degree here in 1968, and has done a lot to make the College of Law proud. Joe was also the commencement speaker here, I believe, so the spirit of bipartisanship is alive and well in Syracuse. I only wish we could ship a little bit of that spirit of bipartisanship to our nation's capital today. [applause] Being at Syracuse also makes me think of my son, Ben, who was being referred to, is now a member of Congress, and he played lacrosse at Duke. He wouldn't particularly like that little corner up there, with the lacrosse National Champions. I gotta tell you, when they played the Orange, they got trounced. They lost about every time they played, and understandably, Ben... Well, he's not real high on Syracuse. So, when I told him that I was going to be the graduation speaker here, all he could say was, "Good, perfect revenge." [laughter] Mostly what I hear about Syracuse these days is from my good friend and 13-year Cerberus partner Mark Neporent, who is one of your new trustees. Mark got his JD here and played a big part in the University's very successful capital campaign. Now, up til now, you graduates might not have heard much about university fund raising. But I promise you, that's all about to change. [laughter] Let's just say, whereever you go, your beloved alma mater will never lose track of you. Of course, a lot of things are about to change for you. Anyone receiving a degree in America today is entitled to ask, "What kind of world are we entering?" Take almost any major trend unfolding today, whether it's our own country's slow economy and accelerating debt, or the shifting fortunes of the nations of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and one way or another, it will affect your lives. So today, let's focus on things that are fixed, tangible, certain, and valuable in any place and time. One of those things is an education in the law. Whatever the years bring for you, or for our country, what you have earned today is what the accountants call a non-depreciating asset. It didn't come easy, that's for sure. I finished law school long ago, and I still look back on it as one of the toughest, most rewarding experiences I've ever had. I wasn't exactly the best student, but I managed to find the best student in the whole law school, and I married her. Nate, are you listening? Yes! Not everyone has that kind of luck, but anyone who studies the law and earns a JD can take special pride in the achievement. You've pursued your law degree to earn a place in one of the great vocations. And now, you're there. Well, almost there... You've still got that Bar exam, but let's not talk about that today. But just get ready. I talked to a number of students earlier; I think they're already preparing for that. The degree youv'e just earned doesn't limit your options, it expands them. So, ask yourself: What do you really want to do? Do you like a tough fight? Then become a litigator. Do you have a mind for complex issues, like securities? Maybe you'll become a corporate adviser. Do you like to write, or teach? Become a scholar. If you're interested in social issues, or the environment, there are many options. Do you have a cause or principles that need strong advocates? Then go into public service. Go into politics, where there's always a place for new energy and strong beliefs. It's amazing how many people with JDs end up choosing a different line of work. Right now, among the S&P 500 companies, 15% of the CEOs have law degrees. Over my years in government and business, I've met many fine men and women who studied law, and then moved on to something else. And no matter where their careers led, I've never heard any of them express any doubt about what their law school gave to them. A few years ago, after getting my JD, I moved back to my town of Huntington, IN. My wife and I, and our one child we had at the time, and a few months later I decided to run for Congress. I'll never forget this. My wife and I practiced a little law, but I was mainly the publisher of the small newspaper. I was out campaigning one day, and this elderly gentleman said to me, "Son," -- he was probably about my age now, and I was 29 at the time, but I looked like I might have been 22, I got carded -- he said, "Son, you know, I was going to vote for you for Congress, until I found out that you were a lawyer." [laughter] I said, "Well, I do practice a little law, I am a lawyer, but that's not my main business." He said, "Well what is it?" And he smiled and everything. And I said, "Well, I'm a newspaper publisher." He put his head down and said, "Heck, that's worse!" [laughter] I don't think I got his vote. As it turned out, I did win that race, and the election to Congress put me in the company of a lot of lawyers. At the time, about two thirds of the House and Senate consisted of lawyers, and it's probably about the same today. Thomas Jefferson said his years in the law trained him to think and make decisions, and that made him a better president. Tony La Russa, the baseball player and manager, he's also a lawyer, and he said this: "Law school didn't teach me how to hit the ball, or how to run, or pitch. But because of law school, I see the game playing out in front of me on the field in a very different way. My legal training taught me to put myself in our opponents' dugout. Law school taught me how to study, how to think, and how to develop and implement a strategy." The best kind of legal education instills all those qualities in a person. It leaves a lasting mark, and defines a certain standard you'll always be expected to meet. Though lawyers are trained to litigate, it never hurts to recall that litigation is rarely a good or desireable thing. The general idea is to keep lawsuits at a minimum, as the wisest lawyers have always councilled. Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer who handled a lot of cases in his day, discouraged litigation. He wrote, "Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. The final winner is often a loser, in fees, expenses and waste of time." The attorney, to paraphrase Lincoln, has a superior opportunity to be a peacemaker and a good person. At times, the peacemakers in our legal culture can be, maybe, hard to find. Often it's a scene of constant conflict and, quite frankly, a lot of needless litigation. But here's an interesting fact for you: For all the suing and countersuing, more than 90% of the lawsuits are settled before trial. So the question is, why didn't compromise come earlier, before all the pleadings, depositions, motions, costs, and personal grief? Back when I was Vice President, I spoke often about the cost of litigation. I'd like to say things have vastly improved in the past 20 years, but I'm not sure that's the case. Today, many say -- and I tend to agree with this -- that we do have a tort crisis in our country. None of us need to be reminded that where there's a wrong, there should be a remedy, and lawsuits are necessary. But we all know there's an underside to the litigation culture. For fear of litigation, a doctor may be unwilling or very reluctant to perform a high-risk surgery. In parts of our country, especially Indiana -- rural counties, probably here in New York as well -- doctors can be hard to find, because their practice can no longer sustain their malpractice insurance premiums. Then there are all the class action lawsuits, in which the supposedly aggrieved plantiffs get a few dollars and maybe a coupon, and plantiffs' lawyers walk off with millions. I'm sure they feel smart for working the system like that, but is it right? And is it fair? I'll leave that to others. But we do need... Without reform, the litigation culture in my view will only get worse. At the expense of jobs, innovation, and opportunity in this country. And whatever civic-minded words they might use to justify their conduct, tort lawyers who operate by harrassment and profiteering are not serving anyone but themselves. Perhaps a more appropriate word would be greed. Now, you will be making career choices. As you approach these decisions, do it with candor, honor, diligence, and where you have passion. The right choices aren't always the most lucrative, but they will always give you the greater satisfaction in what you do and who you are. In my experience, there are few sights more impressive than a really first-rate, capable, conscientious lawyer. It's not just what they think, it's how they think. It's not just that they're clever and astute, it's that they're wise and fair-minded. In your own careers, you'll find more than a few attorneys who fit that description. When you encounter them, you will know instantly that that's the kind of lawyer you want to be. Yes, it's a high bar, but you'll be ready to clear it. Thanks to your years at the Syracuse University College of Law, you are well prepared for great and fulfilling careers. It starts today, and I wish you all the best. Thank you. Good luck, and go make us all proud. Thank you very much. [applause]
Early life, education, and career
Quayle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Martha Corinne (née Pulliam) and James Cline Quayle.[5] He has sometimes[6] been incorrectly referred to as James Danforth Quayle III. In his memoir he points out that his birth name was simply James Danforth Quayle. The name Quayle originates from the Isle of Man, where his great-grandfather was born.[7]
His maternal grandfather, Eugene C. Pulliam, was a wealthy and influential publishing magnate who founded Central Newspapers, Inc., and owned more than a dozen major newspapers, such as The Arizona Republic and The Indianapolis Star. James C. Quayle moved his family to Arizona in 1955 to run a branch of the family's publishing empire.
After spending much of his youth in Arizona,[8] Quayle returned to his native Indiana and graduated from Huntington North High School in Huntington in 1965. He then matriculated at DePauw University, where he received his B.A. degree in political science in 1969,[9] was the captain of the university golf team and a member of the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon (Psi Phi chapter).[10][11]
After graduation, Quayle joined the Indiana National Guard and served from 1969 to 1975, reaching the rank of sergeant; his joining meant that he was not subject to the draft.[12] In 1970, while serving in the Guard, Quayle enrolled at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He was admitted under a program for students who could demonstrate "special factors" as his grades did not meet the regular admission standards. In 1974, Quayle earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.[13][14] At Indiana University, he met his future wife, Marilyn, who was taking night classes at the same law school at the time.[15]
Quayle became an investigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Indiana Attorney General in July 1971. Later that year, he became an administrative assistant to Governor Edgar Whitcomb. From 1973 to 1974, he was the Director of the Inheritance Tax Division of the Indiana Department of Revenue. After graduating from law school in 1974, Quayle worked as associate publisher of his family's newspaper, the Huntington Herald-Press.
Congressional tenure
In 1976, Quayle was elected to the House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th congressional district, defeating eight-term incumbent Democrat J. Edward Roush by a 55%-to-45% margin.[16] He was reelected in 1978, 64% to 34%.[17]
In November 1978, Congressman Leo Ryan of California invited Quayle to accompany him on a delegation to investigate unsafe conditions at the Jonestown settlement in Guyana, but Quayle was unable to participate. The decision likely saved Quayle's life, because Ryan and his entourage were subsequently murdered at the airstrip in Jonestown as the party tried to escape the massacre.[18]
In 1980, at age 33, Quayle became the youngest person ever elected to the Senate from the state of Indiana, defeating three-term incumbent Democrat Birch Bayh with 54% of the vote. Making Indiana political history again, Quayle was reelected to the Senate in 1986 with the largest margin ever achieved to that date by a candidate in a statewide Indiana race, taking 61% of the vote against his Democratic opponent, Jill Long.
In 1986, Quayle was criticized for championing the cause of Daniel Anthony Manion, a candidate for a federal appellate judgeship, who was in law school one year ahead of Quayle. The American Bar Association had evaluated Manion as "qualified/unqualified", its lower passing grade.[19] Manion was nominated for the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Ronald Reagan on February 21, 1986, and confirmed by the Senate on June 26, 1986.[20]
Vice presidency (1989–1993)
1988 campaign
On August 16, 1988, at the Republican convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, George H. W. Bush chose Quayle to be his running mate in the 1988 United States presidential election. The choice immediately became controversial.[21] Outgoing President Reagan praised Quayle for his "energy and enthusiasm".[22] Press coverage of the convention was dominated by questions about "the three Quayle problems".[23] The questions involved his military service, a golf holiday in Florida where he and several other politicians shared a house with lobbyist Paula Parkinson,[24][12] and whether he had enough experience to be vice president. Quayle seemed at times rattled and at other times uncertain or evasive as he responded to questions.[23] Delegates to the convention generally blamed television and newspapers for the focus on Quayle's problems, but Bush's staff said they thought Quayle had mishandled the questions about his military record, leaving questions dangling.[21][23][25] Although Bush was trailing by up to 15 points in public opinion polls taken before the convention, in August the Bush–Quayle ticket took the lead,[26] which it did not relinquish for the rest of the campaign.
In the October 1988 vice-presidential debate, Quayle debated Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen. During the debate, Quayle's strategy was to criticize Dukakis as too liberal. When the debate turned to Quayle's relatively limited experience in public life, he compared the length of his congressional service (12 years) with that of President John F. Kennedy (14 years); Kennedy had less experience than his rivals during the 1960 presidential nomination. It was a factual comparison, although Quayle's advisers cautioned beforehand that it could be used against him. Bentsen's response—"I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy"—subsequently became a part of the political lexicon.[27]
The Bush–Quayle ticket won the November election by a 53–46 percent margin, sweeping 40 states and capturing 426 electoral votes. He was sworn in on January 20, 1989. Quayle cast no tie-breaking votes as president of the Senate, becoming only the second vice-president (after Charles W. Fairbanks) not to do so while serving a complete term.
Tenure
During his vice presidency, Quayle made official trips to 47 countries.[8] Bush named Quayle head of the Council on Competitiveness and the first chairman of the National Space Council. As head of the NSC he called for greater efforts to protect Earth against the danger of potential asteroid impacts.[28]
After a briefing by Lt. General Daniel O. Graham, (USA Ret.), Max Hunter, and Jerry Pournelle, Quayle sponsored the development of an experimental Single Stage to Orbit X-Program, which resulted in the building of the McDonnell Douglas DC-X.
Quayle has since described the vice presidency as "an awkward office. You're president of the Senate. You're not even officially part of the executive branch—you're part of the legislative branch. You're paid by the Senate, not by the executive branch. And it's the president's agenda. It's not your agenda. You're going to disagree from time to time, but you salute and carry out the orders the best you can".[29]
Murphy Brown
On May 19, 1992, Quayle gave a speech titled Reflections on Urban America to the Commonwealth Club of California on the subject of the Los Angeles riots.[30] In the speech he blamed the violence on a decay of moral values and family structure in American society.[30] In an aside, he cited the single mother title character in the television program Murphy Brown as an example of how popular culture contributes to this "poverty of values", saying, "It doesn't help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown—a character who supposedly epitomizes today's intelligent, highly paid, professional woman—mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another 'lifestyle choice'."[31]
The "Murphy Brown speech" became one of the most memorable of the 1992 campaign. Long after the outcry had ended, the comment continued to have an effect on U.S. politics. Stephanie Coontz, a professor of family history and the author of several books and essays about the history of marriage, said that this brief remark by Quayle about Murphy Brown "kicked off more than a decade of outcries against the 'collapse of the family'".[32] In 2002, Candice Bergen, the actress who played Brown, said "I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless, but his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did." Others interpreted it differently; singer Tanya Tucker was widely quoted as saying "Who the hell is Dan Quayle to come after single mothers?"[33]
Perceived gaffes
Throughout his time as vice president, Quayle was characterized by some media outlets and journalists as being unprepared for the position. Given his position, his comments were heavily scrutinized for factual and grammatical errors. Contributing to this perception of Quayle was his tendency to make public statements that were either impossible ("I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future"[2]), self-contradictory ("I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy, but that could change"[34]), self-contradictory and confused ("The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. ... No, not our nation's, but in World War II. I mean, we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century, but in this century's history"[3]), or just confused (such as the comments he made in a May 1989 address to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Commenting on the UNCF's slogan—which is "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"—Quayle said, "You take the UNCF model that what a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is").[35][36]
On June 15, 1992, Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey.[37][38] He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error. According to The New York Times[39] and Quayle's memoirs, he was relying on cards provided by the school, which Quayle says included the misspelling. Quayle said he was uncomfortable with the version he gave, but did so because he decided to trust the school's incorrect written materials instead of his own judgment.
1992 campaign
In the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore and the independent ticket of Texas businessman Ross Perot and retired Vice Admiral James Stockdale.
As Bush lagged in the polls in the weeks preceding the August 1992 Republican National Convention, some Republican strategists (led by Secretary of State James Baker) viewed Quayle as a liability to the ticket and pushed for his replacement.[40] Quayle ultimately survived the challenge and secured renomination.[41]
During the 1992 presidential campaign, Quayle told the news media that he believed homosexuality was a choice, and "the wrong choice".[42]
Quayle faced off against Gore and Stockdale in the vice presidential debate on October 13, 1992.[43] He attempted to avoid the one-sided outcome of his debate with Bentsen four years earlier by staying on the offensive.[44] Quayle criticized Gore's book Earth in the Balance with specific page references, though his claims were subsequently criticized by the liberal group FAIR for inaccuracy.[45] In Quayle's closing argument, he sharply asked voters, "Do you really believe Bill Clinton will tell the truth?" and "Do you trust Bill Clinton to be your president?" Gore and Stockdale talked more about the policies and philosophies they espoused.[46] Republican loyalists were largely relieved and pleased with Quayle's performance, and his camp attempted to portray it as an upset triumph against a veteran debater, but post-debate polls were mixed on whether Gore or Quayle had won.[47] It ultimately proved to be a minor factor in the election, which Bush and Quayle lost, 168 electoral votes to 370.
Post–vice presidency (1993–present)
Initial activities
In 1993, Quayle became the trustee of the Hudson Institute.[48] From 1993 to January 1999, he served on the board of Central Newspapers, Inc.,[48] and from 1995 until January 1999, he headed the Campaign America political action committee.[48]
Quayle authored a 1994 memoir, Standing Firm, which became a bestseller. Quayle's second book, The American Family: Discovering the Values That Make Us Strong, was co-authored with Diane Medved and published in 1996.[48] He later published his third book Worth Fighting For, in 1999.
Quayle moved to Arizona in 1996.[49] He considered but decided against running for governor of Indiana in 1996, and decided against running for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, citing health problems related to phlebitis.[50]
In 1997 and 1998, Quayle was a "distinguished visiting professor of international studies" at the Thunderbird School of Global Management.[48]
2000 presidential campaign
During a January 1999 appearance on Larry King Live, Quayle said he would run for president in 2000.[51] On January 28, 1999, he officially created an exploratory committee.[48] On April 14, 1999, at a rally held at his alma mater Huntington North High School's gymnasium, Quayle officially launched his campaign for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination.[48] In July 1999, he published his book Worth Fighting For.[48]
During campaign appearances, Quayle criticized fellow candidate George W. Bush. Early on, he criticized Bush's use of the term "compassionate conservative".[52]
Quayle finished eighth in the August 1999 Ames Straw Poll. He withdrew from the race the next month and supported Bush.[50]
Subsequent activities
Quayle, then working as an investment banker in Phoenix, was mentioned as a candidate for governor of Arizona before the 2002 election,[53] but declined to run.
On January 31, 2011, Quayle wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to commute Jonathan Pollard's sentence.[54]
In December 2011, Quayle endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.[55]
In the 2016 presidential election, Quayle endorsed Jeb Bush.[56] After Bush failed to win the nomination, Quayle endorsed Donald Trump;[57] he was later seen visiting with Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan before Trump's inauguration.[58]
The Dan Quayle Center and Museum, in Huntington, Indiana, features information on Quayle and all U.S. vice presidents.
Quayle is an Honorary Trustee Emeritus of the Hudson Institute and president of Quayle and Associates. He has also been a member of the board of directors of Heckmann Corporation, a water-sector company, since the company's inception and serves as chair of the company's Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees. Quayle is a director of Aozora Bank, based in Tokyo, Japan.[59] He has also been on the boards of directors of other companies, including K2 Sports, AmTran Inc., Central Newspapers Inc.,[60] BTC Inc.[61] and Carvana Co.[62]
According to the book Peril, by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, Quayle played a central role in advising his fellow Hoosier and Vice President Mike Pence to certify the 2020 United States presidential election as per the Senate rules, rather than cooperate with a plan by then-president Donald Trump that sought to overturn the election.[63][64] Quayle attended President Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, 2021.[65]
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Quayle with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2001
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Dan Quayle speaking at a "Politics on the Rocks" event in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2012
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Dan Quayle and Marilyn Quayle at the 2017 Presidential Inauguration
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Quayle (right) with George W. Bush (left) at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration
Cerberus Capital Management
In 1999, Quayle joined Cerberus Capital Management, a multibillion-dollar private-equity firm, where he serves as chair of the company's Global Investments division.[66] As chair of the international advisory board of Cerberus Capital Management, he recruited former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who would have been installed as chair if Cerberus had acquired Air Canada.[67]
In early 2014, Quayle traveled to Belfast, Northern Ireland, in an attempt to speed approval for a deal in which Cerberus acquired nearly £1.3 billion in Northern Ireland loans from the Republic of Ireland's National Asset Management Agency. The Irish government is investigating the deal, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York are investigating Quayle's involvement as a potentially "very serious" misuse of the vice president's office.[68] As of December 2018, Quayle served as chair of Global Investments at Cerberus.[69]
Personal life
Quayle lives with his wife, Marilyn Quayle, in Paradise Valley, Arizona.[69] They married in November 1972[70] and have three children: Tucker, Benjamin, and Corinne.[71] Benjamin Quayle served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013,[72] representing Arizona's 3rd congressional district.[73]
Indiana National Guard controversy
Since the 1988 United States elections, Quayle has been the subject of controversy regarding his service in the Indiana National Guard from 1969 to 1975. Many of Quayle's political opponents, media outlets, and Vietnam veterans have speculated that Quayle joined the Indiana National Guard as a means to avoid the draft or to avoid being deployed to Vietnam. In August 1988, Quayle denied the accusations.[74] Quayle's draft controversy received renewed attention during the 1992 United States elections after Democratic nominee Bill Clinton was accused of similar draft dodging measures.[75] In September 1992, Quayle acknowledged that joining the Indiana National Guard cut his risks of being deployed to Vietnam, although he defended his decision.[76] In a 1992 interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Quayle was pressed on whether his main motivation was to avoid being sent to fight in Vietnam. Quayle stated that he had preferences for joining the reserves, and that he never asked for preferential treatment.[77] Quayle also noted that had his unit been called, he would have deployed, stating:
Of course you had much less chance to go to Vietnam, but my unit could have been called up to go to Vietnam. And had it been called up, I would have gone.[78]
In a resurfaced 1989 interview with David Hoffman, filmmaker and Vietnam veteran Oliver Stone commented on Quayle and made contrasts between him and then-Nebraska governor Bob Kerrey, noting:
I'm hopeful of people like Bob Kerrey, for example, [the] governor of Nebraska, would be a presidential candidate. He's about forty-two and lost a leg in Vietnam. [He's a] very bright man, compassionate, he's been there. I think he'd make a fine president. Against him would be a guy like Dan Quayle, who is also about the same age, early forties—a heartbeat away from the presidency—a man who has never really suffered pain—a man who went to the National Guard to avoid Vietnam, and yet he's one who always calls for military intervention in Central America, with other people's bodies. You have that hypocrisy at work.[79]
Electoral history
Published material
- Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir, HarperCollins, May 1994. Hardcover. ISBN 0-06-017758-6; mass market paperback, May 1995; ISBN 0-06-109390-4; limited edition, 1994. ISBN 0-06-017601-6.
- The American Family: Discovering the Values That Make Us Strong (with Diane Medved), Harpercollins, April 1996. ISBN 0-06-017378-5 (hardcover). ISBN 0-06-092810-7 (paperback).
- Worth Fighting For, W Publishing Group, July 1999. ISBN 0-8499-1606-2.
See also
Footnotes
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- ^ a b Dan Kenny (May 30, 2014). "10 things politicians definitely wish they had not said ..." Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
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Further reading
- Richard F. Fenno Jr., The Making of a Senator: Dan Quayle, Congressional Quarterly Press, 1989. ISBN 0-87187-506-3. online free to borrow
- What a Waste It Is to Lose One's Mind: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Dan Quayle, Quayle Quarterly (published by Rose Communications), April 1992, ISBN 0-9629162-2-6.
- Joe Queenan, Imperial Caddy: The Rise of Dan Quayle in America and the Decline and Fall of Practically Everything Else, Hyperion Books; October 1992 (1st edition). ISBN 1-56282-939-4.
External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Dan Quayle at IMDb
- Campaign contributions made by Dan Quayle
- "Reflections on Urban America" speech to the Commonwealth Club of California ("Murphy Brown speech"): Transcript, Audio Archived September 28, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- List of Quayle quotations Archived June 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- Another list of Quayle quotations Archived May 18, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- Vice Presidential Museum at the Dan Quayle Center
- VP Quayle Receives DePauw's McNaughton Medal for Public Service; October 26, 1990 Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Genealogy of the family of J. Danforth Quayle Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Ubben Lecture at DePauw University; March 31, 2015 Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine