THE EARMARK

Fearless paparazzi have risked life and limb to capture the images that have shaped the world and defined generations: Gary Hart’s cavortings on a yacht, Princess Diana’s embrace of her sons, Lindsay Lohan’s unappetizing lady bits.  And now, they have captured the ultimate prize …

Dan Quayle playing golf.

The elusive former Vice President surfaced briefly this weekend in order to play in a “celebrity” golf tournament, along with the likes of Joe Buck and the guy who played Carlton on Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Tragically, Quayle lost the tournament to former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Rick Rhoden, but he presumably managed to accomplish some of his other goals, like scoring some free pigs-in-a-blanket and talking up his book enough to get it out of 2,025,715th place on Amazon.com.

Oh, and also he gave an interview to the Associated Press in which he announced the following:

1. The Obama presidency is the product of Democratic strategists who “just tried to throw everything out there and see what stuck.”
2. Hillary Clinton is lazy.
3. Obama’s primary task is to silence the liberal wing of his party.

Thanks, Mr. Vice President!  Next time we need some more commentary on national politics, we’ll head straight to you.  After all, your words of wisdom did wonders for Sarah Palin.

Actually, on second though maybe we’ll check with Carlton first.