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From tneff@well.UUCP (Tom Neff):
>In article <45000017@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> ahiggins@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>> ... Quayle wrote an article entitled,"The Other Space Race:  Space Science
>>Education," which appeared in the October 1988 issue of _Journal_of_Defense_
>>and_Diplomacy_.  He seemed *very* well informed ...
>>Of course, Quayle cannot be judged on one article, but he looks very promising
>
>And if whatever bright young aide who wrote the article for dumb Dan
>was transferred to his VP staff and happens to be in a position to
>continue to ghost-manage for his boss, specifically on the Space
>Council, then this might actually be good news.

So What?

If you want to be really cynical, you could argue that John F. Kennedy's
"We will put a man on the Moon..." speech wasn't written by Jack himself,
but we put a man on the Moon nonetheless.  Of course, we all know Dan Quayle
is no Jack Kennedy :-).

The point is, the byline of the article reads,"by Dan Quayle."  Whether he
wrote it or not may be unimportant.  He *does* have to take the responsibility
for it.  If Quayle fails to live up to our hopes as Chairman of the National
Space Council, articles and statements like the one in question can be very
powerful tools.  Reminding politicians of statements "he" made years before
is a potent political tactic.
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