<P> "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was a remark made during the 1988 United States vice-presidential debate by Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle's comparing himself to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States . Since then, the words "You're no Jack Kennedy", or some variation on Bentsen's remark, have become a part of the political lexicon as a way to deflate politicians or other individuals perceived as thinking too highly of themselves . </P> <P> The debate was held on October 5, 1988, at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska . One of the moderators, Judy Woodruff, set the stage by addressing the audience: "Based on the history since World War II, there is almost a 50--50 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become President of the United States ." She was referring to the probability that the man elected vice president would later become president, either by succession or by a presidential bid . (As it stands, neither man ascended to the presidency; Bentsen died in 2006, and Quayle would make only one bid for the Republican presidential nomination, an unsuccessful one in 2000 .) </P>

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