Ben Quayle, Son Of Dan Quayle, Running For Congress In Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) - Former Vice President Dan Quayle says his son is running for Congress in Arizona.

The running mate of former President George H.W. Bush announced on Fox News Friday that his son Ben Quayle plans to run for the U.S. House seat being vacated by retiring Republican Rep. John Shadegg.

Quayle enters a crowded field of Republicans interested in the seat, including former state Sens. Pamela Gorman and Jim Waring, former state Rep. Sam Crump and Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker.

The only Democrat in the race so far is Phoenix lawyer and businessman Jon Hulburd.

Ben Quayle did not immediately respond to a message left by the Associated Press at his Scottsdale law office.

Comments

[longislandlol]

11:13 AM on 02/15/2010

This boy has a great mom and dad...

[wiseapple]

10:51 AM on 02/15/2010

I hope Dan has passed along all the vital information about Hawaii that he had accumulated. Such knowledge would certainly serve Qualye the Younger well in his political career.

[SeanOcali2]

04:23 AM on 02/15/2010

Wonder if he can spell tater tot?

[hubbahubba77]

11:49 PM on 02/14/2010

Why is Dan Quayle so dumb and did he pass his mental deficiencies on to his children? Enquiring minds want to know!

[bobo5]

09:09 PM on 02/14/2010

What a waste it is to lose one's mind or not have a mind at all. How true that is.

[iMissMollyIvins]

10:12 PM on 02/14/2010

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our Quayles learning?

[iMissMollyIvins]

07:36 PM on 02/14/2010

Quayle for Arizonae

[lmab]

07:14 PM on 02/14/2010

Now running for congress in the great state of Arizona.....Mr. Tomatoe Head.

[veteran1964]

07:25 PM on 02/14/2010

TOMATOESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[tmf945]

06:36 PM on 02/14/2010

Is my state a magnet for every loser Republican that walks the face of this planet?...Mecham, McCain, Kyl, and now Qualye?...

[veteran1964]

07:26 PM on 02/14/2010

POTATOESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Fred303]

06:17 PM on 02/14/2010

had to run in a racist state? this would not work in california mr potato man

[BocaMom]

04:55 PM on 02/14/2010

OMG, not another Quayle! We already have Biden as VP! And he's a clone of Quayle, too!

[steamboat]

06:01 PM on 02/15/2010

I'm happy you mentioned that......Because I had one of my best laughs when Biden told us, "FDR sat at his fireside in 1928 and reassured the American people in his TV chat to the citizens" when the economy collapsed.....Pretty good considering there was no TV, the collapse was in 1929, and FDR began his presidency in 1933.

[terpcat]

04:52 PM on 02/14/2010

In all fairness to the young Mr Quayle, his mother Marilyn Tucker Quayle is a smart cookie so maybe Ben inherited some common sense & smarts from her.
That said, I wish him well, but I hope his Democratic challenger will win by a landslide.

[1smartcanerican]

04:46 PM on 02/14/2010

Wow, Ben sure looks exactly like his father - a spitting image, I would say. And Daddy announces his candidacy? Seems rather odd to me.

[Skygazer]

04:01 PM on 02/14/2010

Ode to Dan Quayle (A work in progress)

Dan Quayle wasn't a war crimes criminal.
Had a tough time spelling out POTATO
The things that he said, still ring in my head,
and make me laugh until I get red....
But he was never a war criminal.

Never once thought he was the President
Didn't rant and rave about yellowcake
didn't have a CIA agent made a disgrace
Never shot anyone in the face.

Imagine how different the world would be
if he'd been VP for Bush Jr. as well as the Sr.
stunned speech therapists everywhere
George Washington pulling out his hair...

But Dan Quayle
was a nice man who could not spell POTATO.

Never once defended torture.

[jws2346]

12:14 PM on 02/14/2010

Just make sure Jr. call spell potato

[steamboat]

01:46 PM on 02/14/2010

Has he been to all FIFTY-SEVEN states like Obama said he had been ?

[iMissMollyIvins]

07:43 PM on 02/14/2010

As a state-wide candidate, Quayle the younger, is not required to participate in all 57 primary elections and caucuses.

If it makes you feel better about your loser candidates to keep spouting that sad, debunked talking point, go right ahead, it's not as if any intelligent person living in the real world believes it.

[Thirdstone]

10:09 AM on 02/14/2010

Like father, like son.

duh........