Quayle won primary race in AZ. WTF is wrong with people?

[CurtEastPoint]

The son of former Vice President Dan Quayle won the Republican primary for an Arizona congressional seat after a provocative campaign that had no shortage of drama.

Ben Quayle emerged from a crowded field Tuesday in the fight for an open seat in a Republican-leaning district in the Phoenix area. He drew on his family connections to raise more than $1.3 million – and made plenty of headlines along the way.

In a campaign ad, he called President Barack Obama "the worst president in history" and vowed to "knock the hell" out of Washington.

Campaigning as a family-values conservative, Quayle first denied then admitted that he wrote for a sex-steeped Arizona website. Among the quotes on the site attributed to him: "My moral compass is so broken I can barely find the parking lot."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/25/ben-quayle-wins-republica_n_693810.html

[pinboy3niner]

1. The average voter is as dumb as a potatoe?

[jobycom]

6. Well played!

:thumbsup:

[PBS Poll-435]

2. Dem pick-up!

:woohoo:

[seattleblue]

20. Unfortunately that won't happen. It is a heavily R district.

[PBS Poll-435]

26. It might. Primary is over. Time for the real campaign to begin.

I never write any district off. We have a conservative Democrat representing the entire state of IDAHO.

[Catshrink]

3. The revelations about the website came out after early voting started

Who knows how many people had already voted. It it had come out earlier, it might have changed things.

[Hello_Kitty]

4. It's my district and I'm ecstatic that he won.

Brock Landers will be the easiest candidate for John Hulburd to take down.

[Confusious]

14. nevermind, you're talking about quayloe.

[jobycom]

5. You're asking why people voting in a Republican primary vote for stupid-ass fuckups?

I'm not sure I understand your confusion.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Reagan won the presidency in 1980

I think the stupidity of the American voter is well established.

[spanone]

8. same reason bu$h* got elected. name recognition. people are stooopid.

[caveat_imperator]

27. Shouldn't that be "elected"?

[azmouse]

9. The nut didn't fall far from the tree...

A little refresher on the stupid things Dan Quayle,his father, said:

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'"

"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."

"Mars is essentially in the same orbit . . . Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change."

"Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato', how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya' go... all right!" --"correcting" a student's correct spelling of the word "potato" during a spelling bee at an elementary school (he told the student to add an "e" at the end

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."

"The future will be better tomorrow."

"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."

"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."

"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."

"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."

"It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago."

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."

"When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

" time for the human race to enter the solar system."

"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make."

"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."

[immoderate]

16. Truly a treasury of wisdom. Tom Smothers could play him in the movie if...

...he could learn to act much dumber.

--imm

[Jennicut]

10. Repubs in Arizona, need we say more?

[opihimoimoi]

11. Bad year for candidates with GOP roots....not good, not promising, not ever.

GOP .....the worst pol party ever

[Bitwit1234]

12. Didn't you know

AZ loves DIRTY SEX TALK. Else why would they vote for this guy.

[EC]

13. It was a ten way race...not too hard to win that way

when you have a recognizable name...

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Dan will campaign for him.

That'll take care of his chances.

[bulloney]

19. Palin campaigning for him would be the death blow.

[SargeUNN]

17. unfortunately I am in that district

I will vote for the Democrat and hope, but the district is right wing. Look who we had before, Shaddeq.

[lpbk2713]

18. Name recognition. Same way RayGun won.

It doesn't matter if he's worth two shits in a whirlwind or what the candidate's track record may be, it's like finding something bright and sparkly. The mouth breathers will have the light bulb go on above their head and vote for him just because they heard the name before.

[Obamanaut]

23. Similar to the Eddie Murphy move "The Distinguished Gentleman", many

if not most vote for the 'name you know'.

Many incumbents get to remain in office via this technique. Voters see a name, don't recognize the others - there you go.

[comtec]

21. Pardon my ignorance... but does this mean McCain is out?

was he just primaried by an idiot?

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. Quayle won a congressional primary. McCain won a senatorial primary

Quayle is on his way to becoming a VP.

[Lugnut]

24. Stupid is forever. n/t

[WI_DEM]

25. Heavily GOP district, he will be the next congressman.

[Redstone]

28. They're Arizonans. That is WTF is wrong with them.

Redstone