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050	0	0	_aE840.8.Q28 _bA3 1994
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100	1		_aQuayle, Dan, _d1947-
245	1	0	_aStanding firm : _ba vice-presidential memoir / _cDan Quayle
250			_aFirst edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bHarperCollins Publishers, _c[1994]
264		4	_c©1994
300			_axiv, 402 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Appendix: Selected speeches": pages [367]-387
500			_aIncludes index
505	0		_aWinning and losing (1988): Pushing through the plaza ; The short list ; Feeding frenzy ; The battle of Huntington ; Being "handled" ; "You're no Jack Kennedy" ; Winning and losing ; Transition -- The Quayle model (1989): Setting up shop ; President George Bush ; Face time ; Thurs., 12:00 noon, lunch with pres. ; The man who wasn't there ; Meeting the media ; Flaps, gaffes-and serious diplomacy ; Saving Aquino ; Nailing Noriega -- Beyond the Cold War (1990): Latin America : an inagural quartet ; The former Soviet Union ; Rockets and red tape ; The pre-plummet summit ; A line in the sand -- Daring and drift (1991): Desert Storm diary : part one ; Desert Storm diary : part wo ; Domestic drift ; A heartbeat away ; A high-tech lyching? ; Too many laws ; Too many lawyers -- Losing and winning (1992): Trouble on the Right ; Clinton and Perot ; Murphy and me ; Baked, mashed, and fried ; Dump Quayle ; How to lose and election ; Keeping faith
520			_aStanding Firm leaves no doubt that Dan Quayle is the most misjudged figure in modern political history. Prior to 1988, Quayle had never lost an election. Not for Congress. Not even for the Senate. Heading into that year's Republican Convention, Quayle was considered one of the party's brightest young stars - a man of unusual political instincts who, when it came to campaigning, had a reputation as a giant killer. He would become the first in his generation to hold national office, but only after a tumultuous contest that frequently put him on the defensive
520	8		_aWith gritty honesty and admirable self-deprecation, Quayle describes what it was like to weather that 1988 media storm, and the other squalls that followed. Poignantly, he also talks of the self-confidence and Christian faith that gave him the courage to stand firm and record some of the most noteworthy contributions of any Vice President ever. Among the high points: his coordination of America's response to a coup attempt in the Philippines, the details of which have never been reported; his bringing the family-values issue to the fore with the Murphy Brown speech - a call for action that, one year later, would even draw support from Democratic President Bill Clinton; his use of the White House Competitiveness Council to curtail harmful "overregulation"; his unreported diplomacy with Latin American leaders; and his championing of legal reform, which would earn him the strongest praise of his vice-presidency
520	8		_aQuayle pulls no punches when it comes to assessing himself and other players in the Bush administration - the men and women who were his allies, and sometimes his opponents, in helping George Bush spread democracy around the world. He shares entries from his diary of the Persian Gulf crisis, offers a surprising snapshot of what the typical Bush cabinet meeting was like, describes intramural battles waged by White House power brokers, and reveals his special relationship with the President. Quayle, a former journalist, interviewed several members of the press for this book, and their contributions form a vital part of its fabric
520	8		_aStanding Firm is perhaps most intriguing in its analysis of what went wrong in the 1992 election. Quayle does not hesitate to place blame where it is deserved - in fact, he reserves some of the strongest criticism for himself. Throughout, the portrait that emerges of the former Vice President is that of a man whose good humor is exceeded only by a competence for which he has never been fully credited
600	1	0	_aQuayle, Dan, _d1947-
650		0	_aVice-Presidents _zUnited States _vBiography
650		4	_aQUAYLE, DAN
650	1	4	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government
650		4	_aVice-Presidents _zUnited States
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1989-1993
655		7	_aBiography. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423686
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aQuayle, Dan, 1947- _tStanding firm. _b1st ed. _dNew York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1994 _w(OCoLC)624074833
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