'Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy' | Lloyd Bentsen takes jab at Dan Quayle during 1988 VP debate

[@pixel6698]

Man it's hilarious how Quayle realizes he messed up horribly before Bentsen even finished his sentence

[@smithiega]

Bentsen's face when Quayle delivered that dud. 😂

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was ready to embarrass him.

[@kevbomevbo3492]

The Dukakis-Bentsen ticket should have been changed to Bentsen-Dukakis.

[@4thalt]

No one: Margarette Leach:

[@jackpow2004]

And then just Bentsen.

[@jasondurgalajr5208]

One Elector in West Virginia did just that

[@GovRiffRaff]

This will never get old

[@grantk932]

Amen

[@TomO-jv7jb]

Legend has it that Quayle is still applying burn cream to this day.

[@jtudor4524]

😂😂😂

[@Moluccan56]

Yeah, you gotta be careful!😁

[@shanecopner7827]

One of the greatest few lines in political history

[@jayplaysgamestuff9100]

I love this debate so much the sentence that lioyd layed out you can see how deep it struck quyale in that moment and also good on him for defending the legacy of jfk

[@jonathantrauner3742]

GREATEST RESPONSE IN VP AND ELECTION HISTORY

[@mr.morale_digitized]

Dan Quayle: I have as much experience in Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he ran for the presidency :). Lloyd Bentsen: So, you've chosen death?

[@nancycy9039]

not funny or cute

[@mr.morale_digitized]

@@nancycy9039 just like you I reckon?

[@charmingjim]

I remember this moment well. I was in the kitchen and my dad was in the living room watching the debate. I don't think I've ever heard my dad laugh so hard. Too bad Michael Dukakis was such a dud.

[@rsaettone]

He probably would have won if he hadn't had that photo op with the tank 😂

[@michaeldetrempe3892]

@@rsaettone I've heard that that thing with the tank is what sank his campaign. Why? I saw some speculation that it's because he had a helmet on. I don't understand the correlation.

[@GregoryWright-dh9rh]

POW! Right to the moon! The ultimate standing knockout. When Sen. Bentsen said that memorable retort, Sen. Quayle was poleaxed as no politician has been before or since.

[@dentrowchannel]

Quayle has said that those words still haunt him to this day

[@wimpwampwomp]

You can't deny that he had Jack Kennedy's sperience.

[@ashleysmith1369]

I was 3 years old, but why does this look like the 70s lol

[@Arsolon618]

Because Senator Lloyd still has that 70's style going on, especially his glasses.

[@chuckwhite3033]

Don’t ever go up against a member of the greatest generation. They didn’t pull punches and told it like it was

[@SuttonDJ92]

I imagined the rap battle meme when the crowd erupts after Bentsen delivers the line. Also, I loved Quayle's "senator that was uncalled for" retort that was met with the same reaction lmao

[@4thalt]

Dan Quayle is truly one of the politicians if all time

[@henryhunter1876]

Senator you're no Jack Kennedy 😂

[@trumpetprofessor]

Yikes. i was too young to remember this but dang

[@swordvader4]

Dan couldn't even look at the man, that's how destroyed he was.

[@bigmizzymike]

George Costanza sent me here. 😂😂😂

[@timwarne6923]

Absolute classic!

[@calm1tbh]

1:40 "Retreat! Retreat!!"

[@thejoshpresle]

I was born about a month before this happened. I was today years old when I found out it happened in the city I was born and raised in.

[@padrote2865]

Cold-bloooooooded.

[@Jack-c7i2k]

I watched this live

[@rippetoe38]

To be real, Quayle could've left it at what he was ready to do if he ever needed to step up as the President. He went too far when he compared himself to Kennedy.

[@hansologretel]

and then quayle claps back with the greatest comeback of all time: “that was really uncalled for senator😢😢”

[@freddiegibbs101]

GOTTEM!

[@thl205]

I’m reminded of this every time Trump compares himself to Lincoln 😂

[@DanTheMan104]

Joe Biden: "I've met Abraham Lincoln, and you sir are uh, uhmmm, the you know the thing"

[@thl205]

@@DanTheMan104 lmao

[@petermancini593]

Anyone here wishing Bentsen had been on the stage with Vance last night?

[@sesses8890]

Vance scrubbed the screen with Walz, the knucklehead.

[@thl205]

To be fair, this moment had no impact on the election. It’s just satisfying to watch 😂

[@hectorlopez1069]

Dan quayle got humiliated by this guy.

[@platinumuschannel]

Nice barb, but it doesn't make a difference if you lose.

[@erikriza7165]

It was a great debate moment. But i didn't like Bentsen. Bendsome was mean.

[@emilior75]

Bentsen perdió esa elección porque el Presidente Bush la ganó.

[@emilior75]

Villafañe se copió de Bentsen.

[@joka5345]

So overrated

[@Bailey9515]

Dan Qyale is so much more intelligent and better prepared than today’s candidate-Kamala Harris. Amazing how times have changed

[@billd11]

Yea, she's only been in numerous elected positions. Nice try, though.

[@MikeWalkerSBC]

What have you been inhaling???

[@hollowhunter5426]

The copium is strong with this one

[@brianfinn4105]

😂😂😂😂

[@RyanKemp-z7k]

THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS THEY'RE EATING THE CATS