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Events on Wednesday 5 October 1988 1
1988Bentsen tells Quayle "You're no Jack Kennedy"Vice-presidential debate produces a defining political momentDuring the US vice-presidential debate, Senator Lloyd Bentsen rebuked Senator Dan Quayle's comparison of himself to John F. Kennedy with the retort "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." The line became one of the most quoted moments in American political debate history. It came during the campaign that saw George H. W. Bush elected president.