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Cover: Photograph by Norman Parkinson...
...veteran Reagan adviser Stu Spencer to keep Dole under control. But Spencer proved too domineering for Quayle. He called him Danny and treated him like a college freshman. At Quayle's first press conference, the Bush staff was relieved at his ability to handle the issue of Paula Parkinson, the onetime Playboy model who very briefly shared a Florida vacation house with Quayle and two colleagues, but they were not prepared for the brouhaha over Quayle's decision to join the National Guard. Nor did anyone coach Quayle through the television interviews that night; he came across as woefully inadequate...
...George Bush's running mate, the three children of Indiana Senator Dan Quayle saw him harshly criticized for, among other things, avoiding duty in Viet Nam. They were knocked down by TV cameramen and questioned about their father's rumored involvement with former Playboy model and lobbyist Paula Parkinson...
...must be admitted, however, that there are some situations where neither truth nor lies would help. Paula Parkinson's allegations about an affair between herself and Quayle, whether true or not, is still effectively damaging. It's an unfortunate truth that smear campaigns are truly like tar, no matter what you do, it sticks...
There was no way to know if the notes were an accurate account of what happened. On Tuesday the candidate confronted reporters who had staked out his driveway. He called Parkinson's version "an absolute, flat-out falsehood" and complained that he was suffering from "one bad rap after another." The encounter ended only when his wife Marilyn pulled him away from the TV cameras...