Word: democrats
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WASHINGTON--Democrat Michael Dukakis proposed a broad health insurance program for American workers Tuesday and told Republican rival George Bush, "it's about time you came out from behind that flag" and addressed the issue. Meanwhile, Bush visited the nation's largest flag manufacturer...
Critics charge that the Government is getting robbed. Democrat Fernand J. St. Germain of Rhode Island, chairman of the House Banking Committee, accused the Bank Board last week of simply giving American Savings to Bass without seriously entertaining a competing bid from First Nationwide Bank, a San Francisco-based subsidiary of Ford Motor. And Democratic Senator Donald Riegle of Michigan is worried that Bass might use money from the federally supported S and L to unfairly augment his corporate-raiding power. The Bank Board's chairman, M. Danny Wall, defends his bailout, calling it the best deal the Government could...
...midsummer, even before the Republicans gathered in New Orleans, these attacks had effect. Dukakis' negatives began to rise, and his lead over Bush shrank. The Democrat had allowed his hold on voters to remain so frail that even trivial events damaged him. His standing slipped in early August, for instance, after Reagan called him an "invalid" while Republicans floated a rumor that Dukakis had once sought psychological counseling. Reagan retracted his remark, and the gossip proved unfounded, but it left a scar. Bush planted what might be a more durable brand; in TIME's poll, 40% of likely voters agreed...
After surrendering the initiative, Dukakis changed his tactics and began to strike back last week. He took advantage of the publication of a new book, Men of Zeal, by Maine's Senators, Democrat George Mitchell and Republican William Cohen, who were on the Iran-contra committee. It charges that Bush clearly supported the arms-for-hostages swap, which the Vice President has denied. With Mitchell at his side, Dukakis attacked Bush for his complicity in the scandal. Later he ridiculed Bush's proclaimed goal of becoming the "education President." Dukakis demanded to know "Where was George?" when the Administration...
Widespread public support for the students as they bravely stood their ground against pepper-gas-firing riot police transformed Roh the Chun Puppet into Roh the Democrat. On June 29 Roh invited a television crew to remain behind after he had addressed a routine meeting of the D.J.P. To the amazement of those present, Roh announced that he would resign from all his party positions unless the Chun government agreed to eight democratic reforms, including direct presidential elections, freedom of the press and pardons for political prisoners. The June 29 Declaration, as it is now known, stunned his party...