"Harry Truman, it’s worth remembering, assumed the presidency when Franklin Roosevelt died here in Georgia--only one of many occasions when fate thrust a vice-president into the Oval Office in a time of crisis. It’s something to think about during the debate this evening. But our real discussion is going to be about change. Bill Clinton and I stand for change because we don’t believe our nation can stand four more years of what we’ve had under George Bush and Dan Quayle. When the recession came, they were like a deer caught in the headlights, paralysed into inaction, blinded to the suffering and pain of bankruptcies and people who are unemployed. We have an environmental crisis, a health-insurance crisis, substandard education. It is time for a change."
Senator Gore's remarks are rather familiar, aren't they? It seems that the only way to get a Bush out of office is to campaign on a platform of change. It's funny because Quayles remarks and warnings about a Clinton presidency are the same things the McCain camp is saying.
The Truman/Kennedy business struck me as odd, so I found out what they were referencing.
He may not be Jack Kennedy, but try that comparison on Palin. Quayle is looking like a champ these days.
I was 5 years old in 1988. That was 5 election cycles ago. Those debates in '92? I was in third grade. It's important to realize how much of history will repeat itself if we're not careful.
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