Ben Quayle, son of the man some consider to be the worst vice president in history, has won his Republican primary in Arizona after a controversial campaign marked by attacking President Barack Obama. Ben Quayle prevailed in the fight for an open seat in a Republican-leaning district in the Phoenix area. He drew on his family connections to raise more than $1.3 million and made headlines with attack ads about President Obama. In one ad, he called Obama the worst president in history. We're glad that people paid more attention to that than to the mailer he sent out on family values featuring him and his wife with two children. As it turns out, he has no children. Evidently, integrity isn't a requirement for public office in Arizona. For some reason, we're not surprised.
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