Which V.P. was/is the bigger Dunce?

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Please explain your answer.

[sacex250 0]

First, could you explain how you whittled down your list to these two?

If you could remember as far back as Quayle, how could you forget that Cheney shot someone in the face? At least Cheney didn't shoot and kill a founding father like Aaron Burr did! Granted it was a duel, but damn it was Alexander-freaking-Hamilton!

What about Spiro Agnew? How many VPs resignations for taking bribes was a comical foreshadowing of his President's later resignation?

Talk about going from great to complete failure, Abraham Lincoln may have been a tough act to follow but could any VP have done any worse than the impeached Andrew Johnson did? Clearly, Lincoln's strategy in selecting Johnson as VP depended on Johnson never becoming President! Damn you John Wilkes Booth!

And of course, how could we ever forget Henry Wallace? Oh wait, we did forget about him thanks to FDR dumping him as VP before the 1944 election in favor of Harry S. Truman!

And finally, the great John C. Calhoun who not only served as VP twice, but once for each of two Presidents [Adams, Jackson] who ran against each other in two elections. Calhoun was so horrible, Jackson finally forced him to resign stating that he regretted not having him put to death as a traitor. Not to mention, much of the cause of The Civil War can be attributed to him.

Dan Quayle and Joseph Biden are small potatoes/potatos compared to some of the VPs who have held office, let alone, some of the ones who have only been nominated, Sarah [cough] Palin!

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

[grimmie 186]

And both Quale and Biden are pretty smart guys.

They just have a habit of talking when the should have been listening.

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First, explain how you whittled down your list to these two?

If you could remember as far back as Quayle, how could you forget that Cheney shot someone in the face? At least Cheney didn't shoot and kill a founding father, Aaron Burr did! Granted it was a duel, but damn it was Alexander-freaking-Hamilton!

What about Spiro Agnew? How many VPs resignations for taking bribes would be a comical foreshadowing of his President's [Nixon] later resignation?

Talk about going from great to complete failure, Abraham Lincoln may have been a tough act to follow but could any VP have done any worse than the impeached Andrew Johnson did? Clearly, Lincoln's strategy in selecting Johnson as VP depended on Johnson never becoming President! Damn you John Wilkes Booth!

And of course, how could we ever forget Henry Wallace? Oh wait, we did forget about him thanks to FDR for dumping him as VP before the 1944 election in favor of Harry S. Truman!

And finally, the great John C. Calhoun who not only served as VP twice, but once for each of two Presidents [Adams, Jackson] who ran against each other in two elections. Calhoun was so horrible, Jackson finally forced him to resign stating that he regretted not having him put to death as a traitor. Not to mention, much of the cause of The Civil War can be attributed to him.

Dan Quayle and Joseph Biden are small potatoes/potatos compared to some of the VPs who have held office, let alone, some of the ones who have only been nominated, Sarah [cough] Palin!

Excellent post and a nice historical summation. I was in the process of writing a similar recap of VPs, but got interrupted, came back, saw this and said to myself, "why bother? This one's awesome!"

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Because it's my poll and I'm not interested in which VP in history was the biggest dunce. I just want to know who it is between these two. You'll notice I didn't include Al Gore either.

So far, Biden is pitching a shut out.

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Because it's my poll and I'm not interested in which VP in history was the biggest dunce. I just want to know who it is between these two. You'll notice I didn't include Al Gore either.

So far, Biden is pitching a shut out.

Oh, so it's a Rhetorical Poll?

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

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Oh, so it's a Rhetorical Poll?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there, William Faulkner!

You didn't really expect this crowd to know what "rhetorical" means; did you?

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Oh, so it's a Rhetorical Poll?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there, William Faulkner!

You didn't really expect this crowd to know what "rhetorical" means; did you?

yeah, really, you elitist bastards in your ivory tower using all them big words and historical "facts". Damn, think about us normal people for once!

Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

[billvon 3,111]

>So far, Biden is pitching a shut out.

And Quayle pulls ahead!

Overall I must say Quayle was a lot more amusing. Biden is sort of . . . boring.

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>So far, Biden is pitching a shut out.
And Quayle pulls ahead!
Overall I must say Quayle was a lot more amusing. Biden is sort of . . . boring.

Probably because, even with all his faults, Biden probably knows the difference real humans from TV sitcom characters. I mean, come on, when a guy like Quayle is so dumb he tries to have a public debate with a sitcom character, it's a little hard to top.

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>So far, Biden is pitching a shut out.

And Quayle pulls ahead!

Overall I must say Quayle was a lot more amusing. Biden is sort of . . . boring.

He's too wrapped-up in his own 'appearance' to be interesting.


chuck

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........You'll notice I didn't include Al Gore either.
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Well, without Al "Who are these people" Gore in the poll you might as well have asked "Who's the biggest dunce ....Albert Einstein or Niels Bohr?"

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Oh, so it's a Rhetorical Poll?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there, William Faulkner!

You didn't really expect this crowd to know what "rhetorical" means; did you?

Is "oxymoron" too big of a word? Or will someone just think I'm name calling?

As in, "Rhetorical Poll" is an oxymoron, isn't it?

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

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Oh, so it's a Rhetorical Poll?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there, William Faulkner!

You didn't really expect this crowd to know what "rhetorical" means; did you?

I gotta say it does not surprise me that YOU think that many do not know what the word means

Typical liberal thought process

Liberals think themselves so superior

Great example

Thanks

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if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
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Rush, I was pretty certain the joke in the last line of the post would be lost on some. Do you think I should explain it to some of the slower people.

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[kallend 2,146]

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Please explain your answer.

Neither, it was Dick Cheney, who said to Treasury Secretary O'Neill in 2002: ""Reagan proved deficits don't matter,"

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Oh, so it's a Rhetorical Poll?

You didn't really expect this crowd to know what "rhetorical" means; did you?

You'll probably have to explain that both of these are rhetorical questions.

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

[Andy9o8 2]

Aaron Burr, John Calhoun, Henry Wallace and (yes) Spiro Agnew were all very intelligent. Not hardly dunces at all. Intellectually, Calhoun was the equal of Adams and the superior of Jackson. And Wallace, albeit a bit of a whack job, was far more an intellectual than FDR ever was.

[masterblaster72 0]

Quayle.

Cos Biden's the biggest

playa

eva!

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[Coreece 190]

Biden's funny...When this country finally goes to shit, I'll be laughing...

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Aaron Burr, John Calhoun, Henry Wallace and (yes) Spiro Agnew were all very intelligent. Not hardly dunces at all. Intellectually, Calhoun was the equal of Adams and the superior of Jackson. And Wallace, albeit a bit of a whack job, was far more an intellectual than FDR ever was.

Which, of course, brings us back to Sarah Palin.

Why the hell is she still relevant?

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

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Aaron Burr, John Calhoun, Henry Wallace and (yes) Spiro Agnew were all very intelligent. Not hardly dunces at all. Intellectually, Calhoun was the equal of Adams and the superior of Jackson. And Wallace, albeit a bit of a whack job, was far more an intellectual than FDR ever was.

Which, of course, brings us back to Sarah Palin.

Why the hell is she still relevant?

Partly because sexists who secretly consider themselves superior to women, look for every chance they can find to tear her down. The feeble minded have bought into the media image that's been created.

Reagans a dim-wit, George HW Bush is a wimp, Clintons a genius, George W. Bush is an idiot, Obama is the second coming, Palin's an idiot.

Starting to see a pattern?

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Aaron Burr, John Calhoun, Henry Wallace and (yes) Spiro Agnew were all very intelligent. Not hardly dunces at all. Intellectually, Calhoun was the equal of Adams and the superior of Jackson. And Wallace, albeit a bit of a whack job, was far more an intellectual than FDR ever was.

Which, of course, brings us back to Sarah Palin.

Why the hell is she still relevant?

Partly because sexists who secretly consider themselves superior to women, look for every chance they can find to tear her down. The feeble minded have bought into the media image that's been created.

Reagans a dim-wit, George HW Bush is a wimp, Clintons a genius, George W. Bush is an idiot, Obama is the second coming, Palin's an idiot.

Starting to see a pattern?

Yes rePUBIClowns.. hate anyone smarter than them sefs and will not nominate nor elect anyone with half a fucking brain.

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Reagans a dim-wit, George HW Bush is a wimp, Clintons a genius, George W. Bush is an idiot, Obama is the second coming, Palin's an idiot.

I mostly agree with two of those.

Blues,
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Partly because sexists who secretly consider themselves superior to women, look for every chance they can find to tear her down. The feeble minded have bought into the media image that's been created.

Eye-roll of the day winner.

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