Word: dukakises
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LIKE most Americans, I tuned in last week to watch Vice President George Bush and Governor Michael S. Dukakis square off in the first of three presidential debates. Although I enjoyed watching Bush feebly defend his demagogic attacks on Dukakis' patriotism, I left highly skeptical of the value of these...
In the end, for all its harping on both candidates for negative campaigning and failing to address the pressing issues of the day, the media this year merely helped contribute to the superficial nature of the process by mocking Bush's goofiness and Dukakis' attempts to smile in articles, editorials...
Moreover, under the current set-up neither the panelists nor the other candidate can stop his opponent in midstream and point out that what he just said was factually incorrect. As a result, Bush was able to duck a tough question asking which weapons systems he opposed by naming a...
Yet the list of prospective presidential advisers extends beyond the realm of the Kennedy School. First, there are the expected names: for Dukakis, Professor of Law Susan Estrich, his campaign manager, and Professor of Law Christopher Edley, his issues director, can be expected to garner Washington titles if their candidate...
And another Economics scholar, Ropes Professor of Political Economy Lawrence H. Summers, one of Dukakis' chief economics advisers, echoed Feldstein's comments, saying he too was planning to stay in Cambridge. Summers said he has accepted four or five senior theses as part of his spring semester commitments on campus...