Quayle, Dan - Was It a Dead Language Way Back Then?
"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."
FALSE. Danny said lots of stupid things, but this wasn't one of them. See the Urban Legends web site for details: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.htm
Quayle did not say this. Neither did Gore. Sorry, but this "quote" is 100% false. We don't need to make up new material; Quayle already said enough idiotic things on his own!
I swear I saw and heard the clip myself way back when. Oh, I see... reading
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.htm
It says that although he said it, the audience assumed he was making funny (jokes). So, perhaps at least once he did not mean to make this quote a newsbyte himself.
Yet, he did not stand alone, remember now, he had a number of advisors telling him what to say when.
Maybe reporters just did not share same sense of humor, we are all different.
My vote?: he said it. A slip-up?: I abstain.
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