One of the great zingers in US political history was ultimately a failure. In 1988, Dan Quayle, all thumbs as a politician, was indeed “no Jack Kennedy”. But the line that so lanced him during a televised debate did not stop him being elected vice-president a month later. It is almost as though a mythologised leader from the past is no kind of useful comparator.
美国政治史上的精彩妙语之一最终还是失败了。1988年，丹•奎尔(Dan Quayle)作为一名表现笨拙的政客，的确“绝不是杰克•肯尼迪(Jack Kennedy)”。但是在电视辩论中如此激怒他的这句话，并没有阻止他在一个月后当选副总统。就好像一位过去的、已被视为神话般人物的领导者，根本不是有用的参照物。
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