Word: lloyd
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Jackson adviser says one of Dukakis' key mistakes was his failure to tell Jackson he had selected Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen for the vice presidential spot...
Watch My Lips, Not My Voting Record. Lloyd Bentsen accused Quayle of having "one of the worst voting records on veterans' issues." The Veterans of Foreign Wars gives the two Senators precisely the same rating (74% favorable...
This living-room war last week produced a titanic battle -- Wednesday night's Donnybrook between Lloyd Bentsen and Dan Quayle -- that might be called The Revenge of the Second Bananas. Bentsen was solid, senatorial and soothingly statesmanlike. Quayle, who often seemed as lost as an actor missing half the pages of his script, struggled to overcome his own Throttlebottom image -- and lost. The one-sided debate did not instantly alter the Electoral College arithmetic favoring George Bush, but it did appear to have kept the race open as the two presidential contenders head toward their final face...
Afterward, few seemed to care or remember that Bentsen had been evasive in answering questions about his policy differences with Dukakis. Or that many of his responses too were recited verbatim from his stump speech. But never mind. Lloyd Bentsen looked and acted presidential -- indeed, to many he seemed more presidential than either George Bush or Michael Dukakis...
...pair of surveys released yesterday gave Dukakis reason for optimism. They show the Republican ticket of Bush and Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle in a virtual dead heat with Dukakis and Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen. Quayle was seen as having a negative impact in both surveys...