Word: issueless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even in a campaign as issueless as this one, the vacuousness of what passes for foreign policy debate has been stunning. The reason, however, is simple. Not since World War II has the U.S. experienced such a serene international environment...
...often, even when he fights back, Dukakis' rhetoric lacks bite of ! all varieties. He seems to have adopted all too well another of the Deaveresque techniques perfected by Reagan: keep the message issueless and content-free. Through most of the week, the candidate kept being upstaged by his own warm-up speakers. Finally, last Friday, Dukakis displayed some belated fire while campaigning in Texas, when he likened Bush's posturing on the Pledge of Allegiance to McCarthyism: "Now they're attacking my patriotism, and just as they did in the 1950s, the American people can smell the garbage...
...certainly, this election swing demonstrated that the voters will honor such an issueless campaign...