Editing Dan Quayle (section)

==1988 campaign==
{{See also|George H. W. Bush 1988 presidential campaign|1988 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection}}
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.<ref name="Quagmire" /> Outgoing President Reagan praised Quayle for his "energy and enthusiasm".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Steven|title=Reagan Praises Quayle, Citing 'Enthusiasm'|work=The New York Times |date=August 21, 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/21/us/reagan-praises-quayle-citing-enthusiasm.html|access-date=December 9, 2016|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614203437/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/21/us/reagan-praises-quayle-citing-enthusiasm.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Press coverage of the convention was dominated by questions about "the three Quayle problems".<ref name="NYTimesGarbled" /> The questions involved his military service, a golf holiday in Florida where he and several other politicians shared a house with lobbyist Paula Parkinson,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maxa|first=Rudy|date=March 29, 1981|title=The Paula Parkinson Story|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/03/29/the-paula-parkinson-story/df932614-289d-4f44-a0fb-5416259c2446/|access-date=December 7, 2020|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806161143/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/03/29/the-paula-parkinson-story/df932614-289d-4f44-a0fb-5416259c2446/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name="NYTimesGarbled" /> 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.<ref name="Quagmire">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968278-1,00.html|title=The Republicans: The Quayle Quagmire|last=Shapiro|first=Walter|date=August 29, 1988|magazine=Time|page=32|access-date=September 1, 2008|archive-date=June 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615061345/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968278-1,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NYTimesGarbled">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/19/us/the-republicans-in-new-orleans-convention-message-is-garbled-by-quayle-static.html?pagewanted=all|title=The Republicans in New Orleans; Convention Message Is Garbled by Quayle Static|last=Oreskes|first=Michael|date=August 19, 1988|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 1, 2008|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614203434/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/19/us/the-republicans-in-new-orleans-convention-message-is-garbled-by-quayle-static.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Ander Plattner et al., "Quayle Under Glass", ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', August 29, 1988, p. 32.</ref> 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,<ref>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/110548/gallup-presidential-election-trialheat-trends-19362004.aspx#4 1988 Presidential Trial Heats ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630070844/http://www.gallup.com/poll/110548/gallup-presidential-election-trialheat-trends-19362004.aspx#4 |date=June 30, 2017 }} Gallup.</ref> which it did not relinquish for the rest of the campaign.

In the [[1988 United States presidential debates|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.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/debatingourdestiny/interviews/quayle.html Dan Quayle Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035528/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/debatingourdestiny/interviews/quayle.html |date=November 8, 2017 }} PBS. December 2, 1999. Retrieved December 10, 2016.</ref>

The Bush–Quayle ticket won the [[1988 United States presidential election|November election]] by a 53–46 percent margin, sweeping 40 states and capturing 426 [[United States Electoral College|electoral votes]]. He was [[Inauguration of George H. W. Bush|sworn in]] on January 20, 1989. Quayle cast no [[List of tie-breaking votes cast by vice presidents of the United States|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.

=== 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 veteran]]s have speculated that Quayle joined the Indiana National Guard as a means to [[Draft evasion in the Vietnam War|avoid the draft]] or to avoid being deployed to [[South Vietnam|Vietnam]]. In August 1988, Quayle denied the accusations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-08-20 |title=Quayle Denies Joining Guard to Avoid Vietnam : Hasn't Offered to Quit Ticket, He Says as Angry Hometown Crowd Boos Reporters Quizzing Him |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-20-mn-574-story.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-20-mn-574-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Quayle's draft controversy received renewed attention during the [[1992 United States elections]] after Democratic nominee [[Bill Clinton]] was accused of similar [[Draft evasion|draft dodging]] measures.<ref name="Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam">{{Cite web |title=Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/09/21/quayle-defends-avoiding-vietnam/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/09/21/quayle-defends-avoiding-vietnam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 1992, Quayle acknowledged that joining the Indiana National Guard cut his risks of being deployed to Vietnam, although he defended his decision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-09-21 |title=Quayle Admits Joining Guard Cut Risks : Draft: Vice president defends his actions during Vietnam in light of questions Bush camp has raised about Clinton's avoidance of military service. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-21-mn-847-story.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015123/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-21-mn-847-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 [[Reserve forces|reserves]], and that he never asked for preferential treatment.<ref name="Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam"/> Quayle also noted that had his [[Unit (military)|unit]] been called, he would have deployed, stating:<blockquote>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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quayle dismisses questions about his military record - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/20/Quayle-dismisses-questions-about-his-military-record/8797716961600/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>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:<blockquote>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 [[Interventionism (politics)|military intervention]] in [[Central America]], with other people's bodies. You have that [[hypocrisy]] at work.<ref>{{Citation |title=Young Film Director Oliver Stone On Vietnam -- My Complete Interview | date=January 12, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTrTtqW-uk |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTrTtqW-uk |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>