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Almost exactly 20 years ago, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead wrote a controversial essay for The Atlantic titled “Dan Quayle Was Right.”
In case you’ve forgotten (or never knew), let me fill you in on what Quayle was right about.
There once was a popular sitcom called Murphy Brown. The title character, played by Candice Bergen, was a news anchor. The show had its moments, but it was also insufferably pleased with itself and its liberalism. At least until the arrival of the Aaron Sorkin oeuvre (The West Wing, The Newsroom), it set the standard for such things.
Murphy Brown was rich, powerful, and independent. In a 1992 episode, she got pregnant and decided to have the baby, without a husband or, as so many say today, a “partner.” On May 19, 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle delivered a speech titled “Reflections on Urban America.” His address was a response to the riots in Los Angeles that month, and he placed a heavy emphasis on the breakdown of the black family — sounding a bit like Barack Obama today.
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While Sorkin did tilt left it was not the F-— Trump sort we now get. In fact a number of the characters articulated right of center views on issues. One episode ‘To The Unknown Soldiers’ delivered a straight punch in the nose to the Alger Hiss fan club and also offered a really inspiring message on the ‘unknown soldiers’ who fell in ‘the long twilight struggle’.