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From a biography of Dan Quayle
"Dan Quayle graduated from DePauw University in 1969 and received his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis in 1974.
Dan Quayle's political career began when he was elected to the United States Congress in 1976 at age 29. He was elected to the United States Senate at age 33. On January 20, 1989 he took the oath of office as the 44th Vice President of the United States at age 41.
Dan Quayle joined the Cerberus Advisory Board in 2000, and currently serves as Chairman. Cerberus is one of the largest private investment funds in the United States,
with over $14 billion under management, and offices in NY, Chicago, LA, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Germany. As Chairman, Dan Quayle has been actively involved in new
business sourcing and marketing for Cerberus in North America, Asia and Europe. His extensive global network of political and private-sector decision-makers, combined with
his investment expertise, have significantly contributed to the establishment of the Cerberus brand name."
Some of us may disagree with his political philosophy (yes, he has one) but he is certainly no idiot.
By the way, potato was spelled p-o-t-a-t-o-e long before it was spelled the Americanized version of p-o-t-a-t-o. There were many other American changes to word spellings such a flavour, colour, etc.
I would guess that Quayle has always been secretly amused by the public perception that he is unintelligent, particularly by those who will never accomplish 1/10th of what he has in his life.
Obviously, Firaxis has fed into this perception. Perhaps they should have considered Neville Chamberlain instead. He was the Prime Minister of Great Britain who decided it would be a great idea to appease Hitler by handing over Sudetenland, part of Czechoslavakia. Proclaiming "peace in our time" World War II began 11 months later.
There are far better historical examples of stupidy that could have been used instead of a young American Vice President who never really had any true world political or military power.
"Dan Quayle graduated from DePauw University in 1969 and received his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis in 1974.
Dan Quayle's political career began when he was elected to the United States Congress in 1976 at age 29. He was elected to the United States Senate at age 33. On January 20, 1989 he took the oath of office as the 44th Vice President of the United States at age 41.
Dan Quayle joined the Cerberus Advisory Board in 2000, and currently serves as Chairman. Cerberus is one of the largest private investment funds in the United States,
with over $14 billion under management, and offices in NY, Chicago, LA, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Germany. As Chairman, Dan Quayle has been actively involved in new
business sourcing and marketing for Cerberus in North America, Asia and Europe. His extensive global network of political and private-sector decision-makers, combined with
his investment expertise, have significantly contributed to the establishment of the Cerberus brand name."
Some of us may disagree with his political philosophy (yes, he has one) but he is certainly no idiot.
By the way, potato was spelled p-o-t-a-t-o-e long before it was spelled the Americanized version of p-o-t-a-t-o. There were many other American changes to word spellings such a flavour, colour, etc.
I would guess that Quayle has always been secretly amused by the public perception that he is unintelligent, particularly by those who will never accomplish 1/10th of what he has in his life.
Obviously, Firaxis has fed into this perception. Perhaps they should have considered Neville Chamberlain instead. He was the Prime Minister of Great Britain who decided it would be a great idea to appease Hitler by handing over Sudetenland, part of Czechoslavakia. Proclaiming "peace in our time" World War II began 11 months later.
There are far better historical examples of stupidy that could have been used instead of a young American Vice President who never really had any true world political or military power.
Woo! You know... an interesting idea might be to have everyone post their High Score list suggestions at some point.
