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...these defenses, however, contain one implicit assumption: Dukakis shouldn't defend the Massachusetts program on its own merits, because prison furloughs are a bad thing. Even the liberal Perspective chastised Dukakis' stand, saying "It doesn't take an MBA from Harvard to know that giving furloughs to first-degree murderers is a dumb idea...[T]he governor's lack of political acumen on the furlough issue is troubling...
...Dukakis succeed in pointing out this election year conversion? Bush's campaign has painted Dukakis as a bleeding heart liberal from early on. The Dukakis campaign, however, preferred to attack Bush's "competence" rather than his record. It may have wanted to avoid implicit criticisms of Reagan and risk the backlash of voters who refuse to believe the man could have done anything wrong...
...engage in highly leveraged restructurings essentially aimed at maximizing short-term trading profits. But while the managers of institutional funds engage in this speculation, the money is not theirs. They are risking the assets of retirees, depositors and policyholders. Since many of these institutions carry the explicit or implicit guarantee of the states or the Federal Government, they are also putting the taxpayers at risk...
First, I am well aware that I may be voting "Yes" alongside someone for whom this referendum is intended as one step toward the eventual annihilation of Israel. But Israel's right to exist is implicit in the wording. And, as the Jewish philosopher Maimonides wrote, we must take truth from wherever it comes. It would be a shame for the American Jewish community to relinquish its right to independent thought by automatically countering every argument put forth by the "opposition," regardless of its veracity...
...structure is more formal at Bush headquarters, where Baker's authority $ is explicit as well as implicit. At 7:30 each morning, seated around the conference table in Baker's office are roughly the same seven or eight key people, including Atwater, TV guru Roger Ailes, pollster Robert Teeter and chief of staff Craig Fuller. "What's the line of the day?" is Baker's invariable call to order -- and that question perfectly encapsulates the bumper-sticker mind-set that dominates both campaigns. Teeter provides the initial answer, usually based on his latest polling. The mood is virtually always...