I have seen that Westin has started a campaign within a campaign, of a bit of revisionist history. Lately on all of his/her posts, Westin has been adding tag lines like:

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future." Vice President Al Gore

The problem of course is that all of his quotes appear to be mis-attributions of everyones favorite VP "of the people" Dan Quayle. This must mean one of three things.

1) DQ was such a misunderstood and all-around smart-guy, that Westin has decided that his image must be rehabilitated so he can lead his WA based intelectual wunderkind in the glorious fight for I-695 and the master race.

2) AG is so smart (and apparently a hero of the no on 695 folks(?)) that he must be made to look as stupid as Dan, and therefore shine badly on the anti-695 folks.

3) Westin is *not* a liberatarian, but actually a republican who is thinking of jumping allegiance over to the democrats, but feel he can't in good conciense unless he is allowed to bring along some of his favorite quotes as well.

Frankly, I don't believe the last one at all, since logically (this being the yes on 695 site and all) he should be attributing the quotes to Eyman, if he truely believes 695 should pass.

As an unrelated aside, collections of all of DQ's favorite quotes, and the probably source of Westin mis-attributes can be found at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~songliner/wsn1A30.html

and

http://www.xmission.com/~mwalker/DQ/

-- Concerned WA Parent (xxx@yyy.zzz), October 11, 1999

Answers

"May our nation continue to be the beakon of hope to the world." -- The Quayles' 1989 Christmas card. [Not a beacon of literacy, though.]

(From http://home.earthlink.net/~songliner/wsn1A30.html)

Am I the only one who would love to see the "meeting of the minds"?:

Dan Quayle vs. Craig "The Spellmeister" Carson

-- Wild Bill (colt45@yahoo.com), October 11, 1999.

Well at least I know now that I'm not the only one Westin misquotes all the time.

-- Patrick (patrick1142@yahoo.com), October 11, 1999.

mike--look here for the answer.

If he was going to use one of his quotes as a signature, I don't know why he didn't pick the funniest one of all--the infamous "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."

-- Brad (knotwell@my-deja.com), October 11, 1999.

deranged william-

I'd rather take on Albert the Gore, raised in the Ritz-Carlton in Washington dc, now pretending to be a "man of the people" in cowboy boots. Unfortunately, it's looking like Bradley really MIGHT knock him off. Too bad. Bradley isn't affected by the Clinton Fatigue Virus, and may actually be able to claim outsider status.

-- The Craigster, AKA the Spellmeister (craigcar@crosswinds.net), October 11, 1999.

Brad-

here's what i got from "there" (http://www.gargaro.com/notgore.html)

"He (Rush Limbaugh) said someone has taken Dan Quayle and quotes and attributed them to Gore. His thoughts were that it was perhaps a set-up to make conservatives look stupid."

Huh, if I remember correctly, a "set-up" entails one party making a misguided decision.

You've been had.

The conservatives (who chose to print these "Al Gore" quotes) could have checked their sources.

Don't blame us when you bite the "Dumb-bait"

You made yourselves look stupid

-- Wild Bill (colt45@yahoo.com), October 11, 1999.

40 oz--Sheesh. . .Based on what I've written previously, ask yourself the following question, do you think I would've posted the link as an answer to mike's question without reading it first?

If you think I would've (I find it unlikely even you are this dense), why would I have chosen this particular link when the sites that continue to attribute the quotes to Gore appear more numerous. Even simpler, if I hadn't read the page, perhaps you could you explain to me how I knew the site contained the answer to mike's question.

-- Brad (knotwell@my-deja.com), October 11, 1999.

Craig

ONE of my favorite stories about "Al the stump" is when he called the editor of the Washington Post to tell him he had printed a picture of earth taken from space "upside down" and had to be gently told that there is no "up" in space.

definition of a liberal....you have to believe AIDS is spread by a lack of funding.

Ricardo

-- Ricardo (ricardoxxx@home.com), October 11, 1999.