Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In questioning Dukakis' patriotism, Bush has attacked both Dukakis' immigrant background and liberal philosophy. The first was a key component of Dukakis' populist "American Dream" theme which was originally so appealing to minority, underprivileged, and middle class voters. "Hey, this guy is one of us," they started to say. That...
In fact, much of what Dukakis has been doing lately on the campaign trail has been an attempt to counter the I'm-more-of-a-populist attacks Bush has levelled against him. This includes everything from trying to list all the other states that have prison furlough systems ("I...
Clearly, Dukakis cannot win a Reagan-Carter or Reagan-Mondale rematch. But this does not need to be the essence of the election. Dukakis can salvage his campaign by launching a "populist counter-attack;" Bush is more vulnerable to this than is at first evident.
DUKAKIS would do well to connect Bush's "chameleon-like" political nature with his ties to the Far Right. The gist of a Dukakis line of attack here would be that Bush is, if not a member, then a marionette of this reactionary fringe group, just as Bush has tried...
While this tack may consolidate Bush's conservative following, it should help bring the undecided and wavering moderates/independents--who may not be extremely liberal, but who do not identify with the Far Right either--into the Dukakis camp. This strategy, which failed Mondale in '84, is viable now due to the...