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[[Image:LloydBentsen.jpg|thumb|right|300px|US Treasury photo of Lloyd Bentsen]]

[[Image:LloydBentsen.jpg|thumb|right|300px|US Treasury photo of Lloyd Bentsen]]

'''Lloyd Bentsen''' (1921 - 2006) was the [[Democrat]]ic candidate for Vice-President in the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 presidential election]].  Previously he served as a [[United States Senator]] for [[Texas]].  He later served under President [[Bill Clinton]] as [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]].   

'''Lloyd Bentsen''' (1921 - 2006) was the Democratic candidate for Vice-President in the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 presidential election]].  Previously he served as a [[United States Senator]] for [[Texas]].  He later served under President [[Bill Clinton]] as [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]].   

During the Vice Presidential debate in 1988, the question of whether Republican candidate [[Dan Quayle]] had enough experience to serve as Vice President came up for the third time in that debate, and Quayle answered it by comparing his Congressional experience with that of [[John F. Kennedy]] when he sought the Presidency. Bentsen had known Kennedy  while they were both serving in Congress, and used this fact in his response (below), which changed the issue from Quayle's ''experience'' to his ''capability''. Quayle responded simply that Bentsen's attack was "uncalled for," which Bentsen countered by blaming Quayle for bringing up the comparison in the first place. <!---However, many commentators have since expressed the opinion that Bentsen and the Democratic Party had influenced the moderators into repeatedly asking Quayle questions on his experience, so that he would eventually bring up the Kennedy comparison that he had been making in previous speeches, and therefore allow Bentsen to fire off his scripted line.{{fact}}--->

During the Vice Presidential debate in 1988, the question of whether Republican candidate [[Dan Quayle]] had enough experience to serve as Vice President came up for the third time in that debate, and Quayle answered it by comparing his Congressional experience with that of [[John F. Kennedy]] when he sought the Presidency. Bentsen had known Kennedy  while they were both serving in Congress, and used this fact in his sharp response:

:"Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

Bentsen was a decorated [[World War II]] combat veteran, serving in the United States Army Air Corps.  His son, who was of fighting age during the Vietnam conflict, never served in the war.<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2DE1639F931A1575BC0A96E948260</ref>

Quayle responded simply that Bentsen's attack was "uncalled for," which Bentsen countered by blaming Quayle for bringing up the comparison in the first place.  

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