The Potatoe Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree

[lame54]

Did Ben Quayle get his facts wrong?

It certainly seems like it. The Jon Hulburd campaign is sending around the video below, which shows Quayle nattering on about debt and government spending.
In it, he says:
“Government in America is today spending well over 14.5 trillion dollars a year. and since government can’t possibly collect that much money from the people, it’s loading massive debt on the backs of the next generation, so politicians can go on spending your money on their agenda.”
It certainly seems as if the Hulburd campaign is right, and that Quayle misstated the size of the budget; it’s only about $3.5 trillion.
The Hulburd folks say Quayle pulled the ad after about an hour on You Tube. I emailed the Quayle campaign’s PR person and will post her reply when I get it.
Here’s the ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WzooeYU2_0

The really irritating thing about the spot isn’t the mistake.
It’s the phony concern about debt. There are myriad charts out there—here’s a good one—detailing how the debt has not just risen but risen astronomically under Republican presidents and declined under Democratic ones.

[NNN0LHI]

1. Junior has been watching too much fox news

[LoZoccolo]

2. Years ago I had read that increasing the debt is part of their strategy.

They can always claim a debt crisis as an excuse to cut, curb, or block social programs, and make Democrats ineffective.

[Octafish]

3. Like Potatoe, Like Spudd.

Meet Dan Quayle's Very Weird Kid

[BillStein]

4. Like tater

like tater tot?

[lame54]

5. that's tote

[Octafish]

6. Thank you, BillStein!

THAT's what I was looking for!

Paraphrasing an 1990-ish AP cutline from memory:



"Dan Quayle, left, holds up a pumpkin at a state fair..."

[Contrary1]

10. Please elaborate...which one is the pumpkin? n/t

[dalaigh lllama]

7. I had to recommend this just for the title

:rofl:

[lame54]

8. thanks

[ellenfl]

9. kicking for later. eom