Word: duking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CERTAINLY, some of the criticism is justified. The Duke was very eager to take credit for the state's economic success during good times, and now that times are tough, he obviously must share in the blame...
While each of these candidates, like Dukakis, have been perceived widely as laughing-stocks after their defeats, they, unlike the Duke, were able to disappear quickly from the public spotlight after going down...
...sure the Duke is now counting down the days until he can escape the State House. He'll probably go on to lead a quiet life as an attorney or maybe as a professor...
...course, the Duke could rise from the ashes and make another run at the White House. Stranger things have happened...
Everyone had written off Richard Nixon after he was edged by John Kennedy in the 1960 presidential race. Tricky Dick was in an even more embarrassing position than the Duke since two years after his defeat he was bested by Pat Brown in the California governor's race...