"::I'm adding this back in. It's no urban legend, though the wording on the portion that you deleted was a little bit off. If the West Wing used those phrases, then they ripped them from HIM, not the other way around. This comment was from his ""Dennis Miller Live from Washington D.C."" set, which was released in 1994. Here is the full quote: ::“Now I know (Stockdale’s name has) become a buzzword in this culture for doddering old man, but let’s look at the record, folks. The guy was the first guy in and the last guy out of Vietnam, a war that many Americans, including our present President, did not want to dirty their hands with. ::The reason he had to turn his hearing aid on at that debate
"::I'm adding this back in. It's no urban legend, though the wording on the portion that you deleted was a little bit off. If the West Wing used those phrases, then they ripped them from HIM, not the other way around. This comment was from his ""Dennis Miller Live from Washington D.C."" set, which was released in 1994. Here is the full quote: ::“Now I know (Stockdale’s name has) become a buzzword in this culture for doddering old man, but let’s look at the record, folks. The guy was the first guy in and the last guy out of Vietnam, a war that many Americans, including our present President, did not want to dirty their hands with. ::The reason he had to turn his hearing aid on at that debate was