Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1993 TAG: 9311030290
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DAVID REED ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: LYNCHBURG LENGTH: Medium
"We'll take the George Allen victory and talk about it all across the country," Quayle said. By defeating former state Attorney General Mary Sue Terry, Allen will become Virginia's first Republican governor in 12 years.
"Virginia is very instructive," Quayle said. "George Allen was written off early on - and I've been in this case before. He was running against a very well-established political candidate, yet he came from behind. He ran an aggressive grass-roots campaign."
On election night, one year after voters rejected the Bush-Quayle ticket to get a change of direction, Quayle said President Clinton has set himself up for defeat by supporting gays in the military, tax increases and health care reform that won't work.
"I can't wait until he's up for re-election," Quayle said.
Quayle said he he's not ready to talk yet about his own political aspirations.
But he told students and pastors at Liberty University on Tuesday that Americans need to "put politics aside" and help Clinton pass the North American Free Trade Agreement.
If NAFTA fails, it would severely weaken the reputation of the United States along with the Democratic administration, Quayle said.
"You can't have too weak a president internationally now, with the situations in Somalia, Haiti and elsewhere," he told nearly 7,000 people. "He's still going to be our president for the next three years. We have to put politics aside and support him on this NAFTA agreement."
As in other lectures around the country this year, Quayle talked about strengthening religious faith and rebuilding the American family.
Quayle is scheduled to return to Virginia in the spring to speak at Old Dominion University, where some students and professors questioned whether it was worth paying the former vice president's $12,500 fee.
Quayle lives in a suburb of Indianapolis and studies issues related to business competitiveness at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank.
by CNB