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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Loyal man that he is, Bush aided and abetted an administration that has done all it could for the wealthiest in our nation, while doing as little as possible for those less fortunate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis for President | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...standing at the head of his ticket, George Bush told the country that he wanted a "kinder, gentler nation." He then commenced a campaign of unparalleled viciousness, appealing to precisely those undertones of racism and xenophobia, mean spiritedness and selfishness that have become ever more visible in the last eight years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis for President | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...carefully checked for skeletons, politicians are apt to be edgy about the portrayal of senators as sex degenerates. Gary Hart and Donna Rice, Ted Kennedy and Chappaquidick, the Congress and their pages: these scandals shook American politics not simply because they demonstrated poor judgement but because we as a nation are so uncomfortable with the idea of our leaders being sexual. We want them to be above desire, above emotion and strictly in line with...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: The Black Sheep of the Family | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

...Republican paranoia reflects the pervasive combination of fear/reverence that politicians have acquired for television. It can make candidates look better than usual ("I want a kinder, gentler nation") or unusually silly ("Pearl Harbor day, September 7..."). But stooping to censorship pressure tactics is a dangerous, needless precedent...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: The Black Sheep of the Family | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

Well, with Danny Manning, Charles Smith and Gary Grant, the Clippers should be the best team in the nation. Look for Los Angeles to easily capture the WAC, grab the top seed in the West Region and go all the way to Final Four...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Eight FAN-tastic NBA Season Facts | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

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