Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"The seemingly endless conflict between East and West...is over," said Dukakis, "and we have won." But instead of being proud and confident, he said, "we seem to be having a kind of collective nervous breakdown."
Democracy may be sweeping the world, said Dukakis, but most Americans see their society unravelling: Wracked by problems in the economy, health care, education and welfare.
"The Presidency is drifting, Congress is paralyzed," and Americans have lost their trademark national optimism, Dukakis said.
"Americans are good and generous people," said Dukakis. "They care about their neighbors. But they also have a right to an economic system that demonstrates fairness."
President Bush lacks a coherent vision beyond his own reelection, said Dukakis, who made little effort to conceal his political bias.