A Question of Allegiance

While the media were preoccupied with whether Dan Quayle had once squeezed Paula Parkinson a little too close, Mike Dukakis ran into some real trouble: the Pledge of Allegiance.

Dukakis explained what his problem was: the Massachusetts state supreme court had given him an advisory opinion that it was unconstitutional. “If the Vice President is saying he’d sign an unconstitutional bill,” Dukakis retorted, “then in my judgment he’s not fit to hold the office [of President].” Wrong answer, Mike.