Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Running as a third- party candidate, he dismisses both Bush and Dukakis, urges the elimination of the vice presidency and praises the Reagan presidency.
For weeks the frenzied activity at Bush for President headquarters in Washington and Dukakis for President headquarters in Boston has come to an abrupt halt every evening at precisely 6:30. Like religious devotees called to prayers, staffers have huddled in small groups around glowing screens for the one hour...
More troubling was the fact that both the print and broadcast press frequently failed to point out the distortions in how the candidates painted each other's records. For instance, while many news organizations reported ! Bush's charge that Massachusetts furloughed a first-degree murderer named Willie Horton, who proceeded...
Ironically, many political reporters have rewarded the Bush campaign for its negative strategy simply because it seems to be working. In the rarefied world inhabited by campaign operatives and reporters, successfully manipulating the process is a virtue in itself. "You said that this is a campaign not about ideology, it...
Voters who have had a hard time working up enthusiasm for either George Bush or Michael Dukakis have been learning from their local newspapers that they are not alone. Last week the trade weekly Editor & Publisher reported a surge, from 32% in 1984 to 55% this year, in the proportion...