Word: gores
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None of the candidates in Little Rock could rightfully claim to have captured the mind of the South. Jesse Jackson, with his characteristic charismatic cadences, triggered the most enthusiastic response. Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee, the only Southerner in the race, won a meaningless straw poll. Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt was rewarded with a standing ovation, and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis provoked the most curiosity. But it was Republican Senator Robert Dole of Kansas who got off the most telling line. Referring to the never ending quest of Southern Democrats to find the ideal moderate candidate, Dole observed, "The perfect...
...Gore Vidal...
Autobiographical tidbits reinforce the motif. Michael Dukakis tries to overcome a bookish mien by telling a TV audience that he ran a "pretty credible 57th" in the 1951 Boston Marathon and was "always out on the ball fields and playing fields." Albert Gore in most speeches cites his Army service in Viet Nam. Bruce Babbitt, who has pedaled his ten-speed across Iowa and climbed a mountain in New Hampshire, is described in one of his TV commercials as "coming from a frontier family that lives by simple truths...
...Jackson, attempt to persuade voters that they have outgrown the McGovernite aversion to strong action abroad. Yet most of them oppose specific intervention in almost every case, giving the impression that the Viet Nam syndrome still governs their thinking. On the question of reflagging Kuwaiti tankers, for example, only Gore supports the White House. Thus gritty rhetoric often looks like mere posturing. Says Alvin From, executive director of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council: "Tough talk does not substitute for a credible sense that a candidate will really fight for something...
...ease the long-term threat that the overwhelming Soviet numbers could pose to Western Europe. What is required is a basic change in the way the Soviet Union deploys its military forces: a shift from an offensive-force posture to one that is structured for defensive purposes. Senator Gore, who visited Moscow in June, reports that the Soviets seem willing now to discuss deployment tactics. "They offered to talk about restructuring of forces on both sides to lead to a defensive posture," he says...