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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:21 AM
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What happened to the original Boy Genius, Dan Quayl?
Anyone know what happened to him? I refuse to indulge my curiousity enough to google him.

:)
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:23 AM
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1. He's off somewhere, inventing something important. n/t
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 03:01 AM
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2. He's studying how to spell potato.
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6000eliot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 03:03 AM
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3. The current idiot makes him look like a genius.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:56 AM
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10. Aha! This goes right along with my conspiracy theory
During the Manhattan Project at U of Chicago football stadium

The rich and elite families of America got together to create their perfect candidate to become President some day. First up the Forbes family, their genes produced Steve Forbes-the inner workings were fine (the question of what data to upload is another matter) but the outer shell had serious problems and it never blinked.

Next up the Danforths, producing Dan Quayle (a name change that could stop any trail to this project cold)-the outer hardware was GREATLY improved but the hard drive was totally out of whack and the "spell check" had not been invented yet.

Now it was the Bush families turn, creating George-they tooled back the outer appearance and made great gains over the Danforth/Quayle model in terms of the inner wiring and processing though not as coherent as the Forbe's model.

Unfortunately the war ended and it was too difficult to hide the funding of this program so the families got together and decided to go with what they had. They would run the Forbes model out first but never let a connection to the others be even suggested. Then (here is the master stroke) the Danforth/Quayle model would be unveiled thereby lowering the standard for the highest public offices and in comparison the Bush model could actually be seen as acceptable.

Little did they know that some of the young volunteers took the information that had been amassed and some of the Forbes line to make John Kerry-tall, good looking, brave, fierce warrior, detail oriented, and able to blink and communicate. Unfortunately the Bushes had aligned with the controllers of the media (Fairness doctrine repealed in a paperwork switch by George HW Bush while Reagan wasn't looking "Here sign this") and the Bush model was declared the winner within minutes of polls closing and the Kerry model had been reprogrammed in a clean room during the summer to not put up a fight (insert picture of Kerry in the blue suit at the NASA site).
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6000eliot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:07 PM
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29. *bitter laughter*
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Melynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 04:20 AM
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4. Strange
I was wondering the same thing myself the other day.

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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:20 PM
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23. I know--it is strange. He seems to have fallen off the face
of the earth. Not that I'm complaining. LOL!

Watching Murphy Brown it ocurred to me, we heard about him ad nauseum for four years and now nothing.

I mean in this age of GOP puppets, you'd think someone would have found a use for him, too.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 04:24 AM
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5. He's one of the PNAC signatories, so he can't be too far away...
Sad to say. :(
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livinginphotographs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:36 AM
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19. That little factoid always shocks people.
He may be a bumbling idiot, but our President Idiot is just as dangerous.
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 04:26 AM
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6. believe it or not
he actually considered a run for the presidency in 2000.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 04:59 AM
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7. I remember reading about that. I started laughing and couldn't stop.
I'm still laughing a little bit on the inside right now.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:12 AM
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14. He said at the time that
he thought the country was ready for a guy like him, which I took to mean a dumb, ultra-partisan "Christian". Hmm...
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:52 PM
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27. I was disappointed when he didn't run
Even back in 2000 (I was 19) and even over here, I was his strongest supporter...
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:51 AM
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8. Dunce!


Go sit in the corner.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:53 AM
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9. He's a potatoe farmer in Idahoe, I thinque.
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aWaKeNoW Donating Member (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:06 AM
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11. He is writing the sequel to "My Pet Goat"
Should be a riveting book. LOL!
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:08 AM
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12. I think he got a job at one of the RW "think tanks"
prompting Jay Leno to wonder aloud if that particular think tank had a shallow end.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:09 AM
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13. I Saw Him At The Dan Marino Celebrity Golf Tournament In 2000
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 10:09 AM by DemocratSinceBirth
He was one of the few non atheletes there...


I also got to meet John Elway, Johnny Bench, Marcus Allen, John Brodie and some other atheletes...
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:13 AM
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15. Yipes
Sounds like a GOP convention. I hope you showered afterward.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:15 AM
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16. I Never Thought Of It At The Time...
It was just a bunch of celebrities playing golf for charity...


Hmmmm, aren't there any Democratic celebrity athletes....
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:20 AM
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17. Not many
Bill Walton, Phil Jackson, Dean Smith, and a handful of blacks. That's about it.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:37 AM
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20. There's Lots More,,, They Weren't At The Tournament Though...
eom
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:53 AM
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21. like who?
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:43 PM
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25. If we're counting coaches, then add Belicheck
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:56 PM
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28. Really?
Where'd you hear that?
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:37 PM
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34. There was a fairly decent sized thread on this earlier
Something about him being a longtime D supporter, and there was also some quote from a former player about how Belicheck was the only coach he ever had who could truly understand the black players. He also went to Wesleyan, which is about as liberal as they get.
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ernstbass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:31 AM
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18. President of Mensa Society
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Cell Whitman Donating Member (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:13 AM
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22. He's been hanging with the conservative movement's savior


Wanna see him panting for Moon? I did a little review of some Moon propaganda videos and below is the stuff on the first episode. Remember, a picture with Moon, a card do not a Moon shill make. It's who works with him, speak on his behalf, honor him, takes his money, help him gain credibility for his planet manipulations that are a problem. imho. Like Poppy 41 who sold Moon the name and prestige of the presidency. Poppy traveled the world honoring Moon. He helped Moon gig - koresh only knows - how many people around the planet.

from here down loadable Moon propaganda video samples:

http://tinyurl.com/4d6kh

vid #1 "For God's homeland on Earth" (Ya think he has theocratic ambitions? haha)

2:10 Feb 10, 2000. Feel the excitement as Dan Quayle waits for his chance to greet the conservative's savior. Check out little Danny Quayle all giggly as he slides up to get some face time with his True Poppa. Shortly after, Quayle at the podium, says it's his 'distinct pleasure and honor to propose a toast to"... the Moonster

2:40 HERE IT IS. Yep it's all Clinton's fault. haha In all seriousness I read in some Moon info that they claimed Clinton had sent Moon a B'day greeting and the old devil got a big kick out of it when they told him. Well, get a load of how they smudge old Bill. Moon has people who work at getting greetings from people and setting up putting him in position to get his picture taken, even if they have to pay for them, stuff like that. Well check it out, I fell out laughing. I always wondered what kind of a greeting it was. I don't know, ya think that is Bill's handwriting or maybe Hillary's? A "personal" note for sure. hahahaha

Oh and as an added touch they show Bill's immediately before they show the greeting from Kim Jong Il, the communist dictator of North Korea whose regime Moon supports financially. Of course Kim Jong Il and Moon exchange gifts, so the little dictator sent Moon a nice gift of fancy Ginseng. The Clinton's only sent a lousy card!! For shame for shame. hahah Should, someday, Moon be exposed - you will see that greeting card posted and discussed at Freerepublic everyday. Today's conservatism is so close to Moon's cult in its rationalizing it is scary.

3:40 Nov. 30, 1991 Moon meets with Kim Jong Il's dad, Kim Il Sung. This was around the time our government started using Moon's organization to help them deal with North Korea. http://tinyurl.com/2o5pp
_______

learn about how Moon has manipulated our nation here:
http://cellwhitman.blogspot.com/
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bmbmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:42 PM
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24. You know, Quayle really started this whole "family values"
thing by raising hell about the Murphy Brown episode. Dumb as he is, he stumbled onto a goldmine for the GOP. "Family Values" is what has brought GWB into power and popularity.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:24 PM
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32. and some well placed people in higher power in 2000
(Jeb and Katherine in Fla)--and a by any means necessary protocol.

Cheaters!
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:48 PM
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26. tried to run for president in 2000 to the delight of my dad's GOP manager
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:10 PM
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30. Busy pushing the PNAC agenda...
:eyes:
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:37 PM
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31. You mean Bush 41's personal life insurance policy?
He was at the inauguration. He's lost a lot of hair. Can't tell you anything else.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:26 PM
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33. Thank you all for the update on all things Quayle. LOL!
It's been a fun read!

:hi:
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