Quayle Never Got Anything!

[bachbeet]

Look at this pic from 1991:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15674912/sit...week/?GT1=8717

Note that, of the ones whose buttoned jackets you can see, Dan is the only one who buttoned both buttons.

 

[argoth]

Heh. Great shot.

Arg

 

[vc2000]

I am frequently asked if I think there is a bubble in private equity or hedge funds (I work in the industry) I respond that Dan Quayle is Chairman of a large fund (Cerberus Capital Management) and now Chelsea Clinton is working for one. I leave it at that. Both entered the field without any experience.

 

[Rocker]

Maybe he was trying to look like JFK - I've seen photos of JFK buttoning both buttons........Perhaps that's what really gave Lloyd Bentsen the motivation to utter the quip "I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was friend of mine......"

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by vc2000

I am frequently asked if I think there is a bubble in private equity or hedge funds (I work in the industry) I respond that Dan Quayle is Chairman of a large fund (Cerberus Capital Management) and now Chelsea Clinton is working for one. I leave it at that. Both entered the field without any experience.
I wonder if he took the job thinking "Cerberus" means "really smart".

 

[mr monty]

His wife got a lot of his suits,ties, and shirts from the K&G mens store on the northside of Indianapolis. K&G is a discount men's store. They sell $150 suits that look and wear like $150 suits.

 

[King Francis]

Bush Senior, now, there's a dapper fellow.

 

[GreyFlannelMan]

Wow -- look at how thin Cheney is! Guess he started eating well once he joined Halliburton...

 

[Tomasso]

Originally Posted by GreyFlannelMan

Wow -- look at how thin Cheney is! Guess he started eating well once he joined Halliburton...

Cheney actually looks thinner now.

 

[lawyerdad]

Tell me those are shadows and not pleats on GHWB's shirt . . .

 

[montecristo#4]

Originally Posted by King Francis

Bush Senior, now, there's a dapper fellow.

Looks like that suit is bespoke from the lapels. Wonder who GHWB's tailor is?

 

[MrDaniels]

As if Quale needed any help looking even DUMBER!

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Originally Posted by GreyFlannelMan

Wow -- look at how thin Cheney is! Guess he started eating well once he joined Halliburton...

He may still have been smoking then...I think his doctors made him quit after one of his heart attacks, not sure which (!) one.

 

[Mr. Checks]

FWIW, my guess is that the General was fully buttoned-up too.

 

[vc2000]

Originally Posted by mr monty

His wife got a lot of his suits,ties, and shirts from the K&G mens store on the northside of Indianapolis. K&G is a discount men's store. They sell $150 suits that look and wear like $150 suits.

I didn't know that. Doesn't surprise me. Quayle attempted to distance himself from his wealthy background. Many pols wear a cheaper suit to attempt to become more appealing to the common man. Tom Wolfe wrote about this in his book, "A Man in Full."

I saw Dan once in AZ where he hung out golfing after leaving the VP and before going back to PE. He was sporting a beard.