Dan Quayle Likes Ozzy - and NewsMax

NewsMax ^ | 05/10/02

[Phantom Lord]

Quayle Likes Ozzy - and NewsMax

WASHINGTON - Ten years after then Vice President Dan Quayle criticized TV's "Murphy Brown," he once again commented on a fictional TV character from a social standpoint, this time with a more favorable assessment.

Asked about the attention the White House Correspondents Dinner showered on the controversial Ozzy Osbourne last weekend, Quayle told a National Press Club audience today that he thought "The Osbournes" was "good entertainment."

And as for Osbourne's values, a yardstick that had led him to criticize "Murphy Brown" scriptwriters for making light of giving birth out of wedlock?

"Obviously, there's an intact family," the former vice president said at a National Press Club luncheon. "You have a mother and a father involved with their children. And from the one episode that I saw, they were loving parents; they love each other. They appear to be involved with their children, not only in school, but they say: 'Don't do drugs. Don't drink alcohol.' "

Noting frequently bleeped-out language on the show, Quayle said that once you get beyond "this sort of dysfunctional aspect, once you get past that, I think there are some fairly good lessons that are being transmitted of not doing drugs, and not doing alcohol, and two loving parents."

"A little bit different than our household," Quayle observed to laughter from his audience. "But you know, each had their own way of showing love and affection."

In fact, "There are some positive things you can learn from this crazy family."

As for the "Murphy Brown" comment that stirred such uproar in 1992: "I stand by it. I was right then, and I'm right now."

Recall that for some mysterious reason the leftist media establishment didn't pounce on Bill Clinton when he borrowed Quayle's ideas and expressed similar sentiments.

Quayle cited statistics showing that, largely because of welfare reform, the rate of increase in births out of wedlock and children living in single-parent homes has declined in recent years.

At the pre-luncheon reception, Quayle told NewsMax.com to "keep it going," expressing approval of NewsMax as a conservative Web site.

[Phantom Lord]

Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy!

[Phantom Lord]

Ozzy Bump

[yendu bwam]

Let's see. My dad is a caring, interested, thoughtful, strong, supportive man who taught me about right and wrong, about decency toward others, about courtesy, fair play, how to behave in the presence of women, about sex, about how to tough things out, how to survive in the woods, how to swim, canoe, sail, camp, play sports, how to strive for excellence in all that I do, and finally, how to be a good father myself. Now, would I rather have had Ozzy Osbourne as my father????? - - Gotta think about that one. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Rodney King]

WASHINGTON - Ten years after then Vice President Dan Quayle criticized TV's "Murphy Brown," he once again commented on a fictional TV character from a social standpoint, this time with a more favorable assessment.

Uh, Ozzy is not a fictional character.

[Hillary's Folly]

Ozzy is Just All Right With Me, (Or, Are you a Ninny-con?)

Glad to see Quayle isn't a ninny-con.

[FITZ]

Maybe the Osbournes show that having a Dad around is good for kids and the Dad doesn't have to be perfect. You can tell Ozzy loves his kids.

[Balding_Eagle]

He may love his kids, but he's the poster boy for why people should not do drugs.

[american colleen]

He may love his kids, but he's the poster boy for why people should not do drugs.

In one of the "Osbournes" episodes, Ozzy used himself for an example to his son and pointed to himself while saying something like "this is what happens when you do drugs" - he wasn't being sarcastic, he was serious.

[Bella_Bru]

I particularly liked the time that Ozzy was sitting on the couch with his son, Jack, watching tv aqnd he just put his arm around his son and drew him in. You could tell it was completely natural and sincere.

[TigerTale]

Uh, Ozzy is not a fictional character.

Who plays Ozzy on TV? :)

[FR_addict]

Isn't there a conflict about the tv show with one of the children who refuses to go on the show?
She did not want her private life on display for the public, but Ozzy chose to do it anyway.
I guess the money was more important than how one of his children felt.

[freeeee]

How old is their kid who doesn't want to be on the show?

If she's 18 and doesn't like the way things go there, she can hit the road. (I would)

[Bella_Bru]

His oldest, Aimee, is 18. As a legal adult, she chose not to be on the show. Seems simple to me.

[Rodney King]

Isn't there a conflict about the tv show with one of the children who refuses to go on the show? She did not want her private life on display for the public, but Ozzy chose to do it anyway. I guess the money was more important than how one of his children felt.

Your post makes no sense. The girl is not on the show. Her private life is not on display for the public, therefore, it is incorrect to criticize Ozzy for putting her private life on display.

[Senator Goldwater]

Do you really think that Ozzy thought this show would succeed, or that the pittance MTV paid for the first season mattered to his material well-being?

[Mustang]

Geezzz...I must have missed Ozzy and Danny in Tallahassee when we FReepers were protesting the "Liberal-Socialist-DemocRATS"...aka as the "LSD" Party's, attempted COUP!

Amazing how times flys through vacant gray matter.

Mustang sends.

[Maelstrom]

Or not

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20020509/102099615600.html

After his speech at the National Press Club, Quayle elaborated on the moral value of watching father Osbourne, known for biting the head off a bat on stage, using satanic imagery in his act and abusing drugs and alcohol:

"In a weird way, Ozzy is a great anti-drug promotion. Look at him and how fried his brains are from taking drugs all those years and everyone will say, 'I don't want to be like that.'"