Video: '1988 Vice Presidential Debate - Dan Quayle & Lloyd Bentsen'
(Wednesday, October 5, 1988, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 1988 campaign) — Republican vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle and Democratic vice presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen clashed angrily tonight during their only debate of the presidential campaign in which each insisted that he could handle the burdens of the presidency. Continue reading Bentsen to Quayle: ‘You’re no Jack Kennedy’ 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 5 1988)