Episode 352 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 34) On the Trail with Quayle, Gore, and look at Admiral James Stockdale , The Vice Presidential Candidates

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It is time to hit the trail in the final couple of weeks of the 1992 campaign. I figured we would take off with the three Vice Presidential candidates in this episode. They were Vice President Dan Quayle, Senator Al Gore, and Admiral James Stockdale.

We will start out spending the the day with Dan Quayle. You will hear him interacting with the public, giving a campaign speech, and being interviewed by the press. This selection of events really does give you a feel for what it is like on the Presidential campaign trail for these candidates. It us up early in the morning and out late at night.

This campaign really is a high spot for the Vice President Dan Quayle who I feel was often unfairly maligned. He was a much better campaigner than anyone has given him credit and I feel like he performed outstandingly through out the 1992 campaign. In fact, it was his Vice Presidential Debate performance that finally began to close the gap between the President and Governor Bill Clinton.

This episode then turns to a campaign rally given for Senator Al Gore. You will hear him giving one of his stump speeches in the final weeks of the campaign. Al Gore is also a much better campaigner than you may think. I have always felt he was actually better in 1992 and 1996 than his performance at the top of the ticket in 2000. This speech is guaranteed to fire you up and it too will give you a feel of what it was like to be on the campaign trail in 1992.

Finally, we will introduce you to the true American Hero that was on the ticket in 1992, Admiral James Stockdale. Stockdale was a far more formidable man than his performance in the Vice Presidential debates would lead you to believe. He had been the President of the War College and had led troops in Vietnam as a POW, creating a civilization and working to keep the troops spirits alive in captivity for nearly 8 years. It seems a shame to me that he is only remembered today for his Vice Presidential debate performance.

We hope to change that here by letting you hear his video biography from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society because among James Stockdale's many honors he was a member of this most exclusive clubs of men who have attained the highest honor available in the land, the Congressional Medal of Honor. We want to end this episode honoring this extraordinary achievement from this extraordinary man.

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Chapters

1. Al Gore speech on the 1992 Campaign trail - Source unknown (00:00:00)

2. Music Intro (00:01:44)

3. Host Randal Wallace introduces the episode on the Vice Presidential candidates (00:02:08)

4. Vice President Dan Quayle campaign appearances while being followed by C-Span camera crew - C-SPAN Road to the White House segment (00:05:20)

5. Host Randal Wallace introduces Vice President Al Gore event (00:20:39)

6. Vice President Al Gore campaign appearance (00:21:49)

7. The Beginning of the ABC Special Event from 1973 with Bob Hope and James Stockdale with ABC Correspondent Tom Jarrell from the White House honoring the POWs hosted by President Richard Nixon (00:31:48)

8. Host Randal Wallace talks about the hero that was James Stockdale long before he was selected to run for Vice President by Ross Perot (00:33:27)

9. James Stockdale , Medal of Honor winner, Vietnam War - Congressional Medal of Honor Society video (00:36:42)

10. Closing music (00:50:20)