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Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.

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Dan Quayle
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 4
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Former Vice President Of The United States
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Vice President Of The United States
Indianapolis
Indiana
James Danforth Quayle
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