Word: bobs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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July 31, Johnny Copeland, Boston Baked Blues, Bar-B-Que Bob and the Rhythm Blues...
Republicans will stress Bush's ties to the still-popular Reagan, his eight years of loyal service as vice president. They'll say America is bigger, better and stronger than it was in 1980. And, if they're smart, they'll nominate Kansas Senator Bob Dole as their vice presidential nominee...
BUSH'S other alternative down South is Mrs. Dole, the wife of Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.). Mrs. Dole, who is from North Carolina, could help in her homestate, South Carolina and Tennessee. She can also help Bush in the Midwest, in states such as Kansas (where she resides), Missouri and Illinois and Iowa. A third advantage of choosing Mrs. Dole is that she can bring in women voters. Especially since Dukakis didn't even consider putting a woman on the ticket...
...California primary, simultaneously defeating and flattering Jesse Jackson, boasting that only in America -- and only in the Democratic Party -- could the party's two finalists for President be the son of poor Greek immigrants and the son of a poor black family in South Carolina. Jackson's aide, Bob Borosage, said wryly when he heard this: "Yeah, only in America can the son of a Brookline doctor from Harvard's medical school, who left his family million-dollar trusts, end up with the illegitimate son of a black woman in South Carolina." Dukakis grew up with the children of middle...
...dream ticket for the G.O.P.? The more George Bush cites "compatibility" as a quality in a running mate, the less chance Bob Dole has of being picked. At a recent rally in Atlanta, Dole arrived an hour late, cooling the crowd that was ready to cheer the waiting Bush. When Dole was applauded, he joked, "Well, I'd be willing to accept the nomination, but it left without me." Complained a Bush aide: "He still can't accept that it's over...