As you know, we try to stray away from politics as much as we can here at TCM; however, we do enjoy a good smackdown from time to time. What better to kick off a new series called “Smackdowns” than highlighting the one Llyod Bentsen handed Dan Quayle in the 1988 Vice Presidential debate. I know this nowhere near to the equivalent of Mick Foley being pedigreed bed of tacks, but this is the mother of all political smackdowns. Enjoy.
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PS – if you’re imagining that we’re going to go gung-ho with old school WWF wrestling in this series from that mention above, you’re damn right.
FRANKLY SENATOR!!! , I knew him and I knew him WELL!!! WHUT SUN WHUT?!?!
Mother of all smackdowns. Quayle got PWNED.