Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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--George Bush, of Michael Dukakis, in the first presidential debate
Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' major campaign failing has been his inability to counter Vice President George Bush's charge that his liberal values are "out of the mainstream" of American politics.
This became all too clear when he failed to respond to Bush's attack on the American Civil Liberties Union during the first presidential debate. Voters were left to wonder whether Dukakis did believe in the elimination of movie ratings and free press for child pornographers. Such thoughts play into...
Yet Dukakis is the one who should be best able to prove his opponent is out of the mainstream. This summer, working as a research intern for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, I examined hundreds of House of Representatives votes on major issues and the corresponding administration's positions. I...
So why can't Dukakis succeed in pointing out this election year conversion? Bush's campaign has painted Dukakis as a bleeding heart liberal from early on. The Dukakis campaign, however, preferred to attack Bush's "competence" rather than his record. It may have wanted to avoid implicit criticisms of...