History doesn’t move in a straight line, and the improbable trajectory of Dan Quayle seems to prove that point. After a spell as a national punch line, the hapless veep was consigned to decades of obscurity, only to reemerge, in 2021, as the Republican Party’s voice of reason. Quayle’s role in saving our democracy might not merit his inclusion on Mount Rushmore, but it’s certainly worthy of an exhibit at his vice presidential museum, as well as a question on the museum’s Quayle Quiz. At a moment when Mike Pence seemed to be losing his mind, Dan Quayle was there to remind him what a waste it is
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