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| 24 July 1992 |
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| Cheryl B. Horton Criminal District Court, Section "A" 2700 Tulane Ave. New Orleans, LA 70118 |
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| Re: Current Events |
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| Dear Cheri: |
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| NATIONAL NEWS |
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Dan Quayle is reportedly receiving tutorage in spelling. He was issued a set of flash cards which he faithfully studies.
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| Enjoying a quiet evening at home away from the chaotic campaign course, Quayle grinds away, "House, h-o-u-s-e, horse, h-o-r-s-e, horsefly, h-o-r-s-e- f-l-y, horsefeathers, h-o-r-s-e-f-e-a-t-h-e-r-s...(in walks the wife and Quayle looks up from the 3 x 5's, smiles at Marilyn, and continues)...horseface, h-o-r-s-e
f-a-c-e." How about the choppers on Mrs. V.P.? She looks as equestrian about the visage as those two royal equestriennes, Anne and Margaret.(But don't take my word for it. The enclosed picture is worth a six-page discourse). |
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| I haven't settled on a candidate yet, but if it weren't for the fact that George's seventy-some-odd-year-old ticker is the only thing keeping Dan and Marilyn from redoing the big digs in D.C.-- the maison blanche -- I'd vote for the Grand Old Party's ticket because I feel sorry for Danny boy. Marilyn's colt-like countenance is not the source of my empathy -- she's excused since she's got oodles of dough. I feel sorry for the baby-faced baby-boomer because everyone in the free world gets a daily chuckle from: 1) Doonesbury, and 2) Quayle's latest gaffe.
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| Much of the derision is undeserved. The jeering is unjustified regarding his stint on "Larry King Live" where he played papa instead of politician and admitted that he would support his daughter in whatever decision she made about the longevity of a hypothetical pregnancy. This, of course, looks bad for the V.P. since he is supposed to be a pro-lifer and shouldn't be offering support for his daughter's decision unless it was pro- life. In fact, the party line is that there should be no decision to be made. |
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| Although Dan ought to have learned how to spell at whatever exclusive prep school he attended, I cannot blame him for his response. Another gaffe, sure. But he was talking about his little princess, by golly.
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| As you might expect, there was colorful commentary expressed on the episode by numerous of the People's Party persuasion. Mario's was the sharpest I've heard: "You can't make a distinction between your own blood and everybody else's daughter." (This guy's nuttin' but class).
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| To Clinton's credit -- or maybe because he knows what it's like to be pilloried by the press -- his observation seemed wiser: "My impression is he was asked a question that he was not prepared for, prepped for. He answered it as a father, not a Vice President."
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| Maybe he's no Jack Kennedy, but you can't blame a guy for letting down his guard when the subject is his thirteen-year-old daughter.
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| THE LIVING ARTS |
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| time |
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| time is always passing or wasting or gone it cannot be made to wait it cannot be called back it however can be recalled it is a precious commodity if it were traded on the market it would trade higher than sweet Texas crude |
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| time is what I had and what I pray there is still although time won't stand still |
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| defined by man but uncontrolled by him without man to define would time exist time was there was no time |
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| More Later, |
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| David J. L'Hoste |
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| DJL/djl |