Word: dukakises
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THE mail in Peru is erratic, but the optimistic consulate counts only a few days until I receive the absentee ballot for my first presidential election. I registered in my home state, where a vote for the Democrats weighs more than in Gov. Michael Dukakis' Massachussetts.
Peruvian friends are pleased with my choice. Dukakis talks peace in Central America, speaks Spanish and studied at Lima's University de San Marcos. Vice President George Bush is a former CIA head, part of an Administration that broke U.S. law to continue Nicaragua's civil war and a supporter...
On the campaign trail, Vice President George Bush's response to the housing crisis has been to ignore it. In answer to a question at the first presidential debate, Bush called for full funding of the McKinney Act and involvement of private benevolent organizations -- the "1,000 points of light...
Probably the last thing George Bush and Michael Dukakis wanted to think about last week was how often they would meet with the press after being elected. Like any other special-interest group hoping to pin down the future President, however, a band of prominent journalists tried to get the...
The commission recommends that the next President hold a minimum of two daytime press conferences a month plus six evening sessions a year. Dukakis embraced that formula; Bush refused to commit himself. However, as the report points out, most modern Presidents, including Reagan, promised to be more accessible to reporters...