Word: lloyd
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Flanked by a posse of lawmen, some sporting ten-gallon hats, Lloyd Bentsen cheerfully introduced his running mate. The Law Enforcement Officers Association of Texas had gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas last week to endorse the Governor of Massachusetts and certify that he is not a patsy on crime. Bentsen, silver-haired and presidential, surveyed the audience with his mild and benign gaze and then said casually, "Mike, have you rented a hotel room here tonight?" Dukakis appeared slightly mystified but nodded his head. "Good. In some people's minds that makes you a Texan...
With one month to go to the election, the polls continued to show Bush a step ahead in the race for the White House. Democrats were hoping that other polls rating Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) as the winner of the vice presidential debate would serve as prelude to a shift in the presidential race itself...
...Maybe the Republican ticket wants our children to work for foreign owners, pay rent to foreign owners and owe their future to foreign owners--but that's not the kind of future Lloyd Bentsen and I want," he said...
...Massachusetts governor said Bush "offersslogans and symbols; Lloyd Bentsen and I areoffering real solutions to the problems Americanfamilies face every day and every week and everymonth...
Harvard pundits predicted yesterday that image and presentation, rather than performance on the issues, will be the deciding factor in tonight's vice presidential debate between Sen. Dan Quayle (R-Ind.) and Sen. Lloyd Bentsen...