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...think that's the case," he replied, but then added: "I'm not involved in the Bush campaign. I can defend George Bush, but I'm not sure I can defend every ad...
...Willie Horton example is designed to create the most horrible psycho-sexual fears," Jackson said. "The furlough ad with black and brown faces rotating in and out of jail, the use of the Jackson-Dukakis ticket symbolism, which is distortion, referring to me as a Chicago hustler...there have been a number of rather ugly race-conscious signals sent from that campaign...
...ad uses videotape of the helmeted Dukakis in the turret of an M-1 tank, a ride the Democrat took last month in an attempt to show toughness on defense issues--but which critics said made him look silly...
...their criticism of Quayle's failure to answer the opening question, the 15 voters in the Heitger living room provided play-by-play commentary. As soon as Quayle mentioned the pollution in Boston Harbor, Donna McManus, the wife of a policeman, exclaimed, "That's the same as the campaign ad." After an artful Bentsen attack on Bush's ties to Panamanian General Manuel Noriega, Betty Heitger whispered to her husband, "You've got to admit, this guy is very skilled." Halfway through the debate, even the strong Bush partisans were dismayed as Quayle seemed to derail. Die-hard Republican Mike...
Many voters insist that they are not influenced by campaign ads. But it is easy to hear echoes of recent commercials on a walk down Homewood Avenue -- a few blocks from the Heitgers' -- in this neighborhood of front porches, garage sales and $40,000 homes. "I'm not sure about Dukakis," said Steven Davis, a hospital security guard. "I like his ideas about better health care, but he also scares me a little about defense." Carl Bauer, a 72-year-old retiree, was scathingly critical of Bush's performance in the first debate, but will probably vote for him anyway...