Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The event will introduce a new twist to the campaign, a chance for Dukakis to enter the livingrooms of a huge number of American voters--about 20 percent of whom the polls say are still undecided--something he has not done since the Democratic convention last July. Dukakis's appearance...
The Democrats, for their part, kicked off the campaign at their convention with an orgy of anti-Bush preppie bashing. The most quoted line, delivered by Ann Richards in her keynote speech, was that Bush was born "with a silver foot in his mouth." The best lines came from Texas...
Dan Quayle, in his debate with Lloyd Bentsen, was heedless enough to bring up Kennedy's name. Bentsen, who has good reflexes, saw the opening: "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." Michael Dukakis has been more dignified, but more relentless, about comparing himself with Kennedy, or at any rate comparing...
OHIO. Howard Metzenbaum, a gadfly who brays through one of the loudest trumpets in national politics, is portrayed as "too liberal" by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich. But blooper-prone Voinovich's attempt to link Metzenbaum to kiddie porn unleashed a backlash. During the G.O.P. Convention, Voinovich described himself as the...
Bentsen also pressed the hot populist buttons that ignite Democratic voters. He played on nationalist sentiments by criticizing the trade practices of foreign countries and by ominously warning of their taking over American businesses. He raised the specter that Republicans are out to slash Social Security -- never acknowledging that he...