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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Our decline should be an issue of national debate and research, not a dirty secret. When the candidates rhapsodize about the dream of the immigrants, or proudly recite the pledge of allegiance, I remain uninspired. These are no substitutes for making sure that something of that dream remains alive--a...

Author: By Charles N. W. keckler, | Title: Advice and Descent | 9/20/1988 | See Source »

In the 1988 election, as in the 1976 election, what is most missing is enthusiasm. How excited can a person get about a debate over the "Pledge of Allegiance"?

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: How Not to Attract Black Voters | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

But all too 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Phantom Race | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

The Bush campaign claims to be running on "issues," while the Democrats emphasize mere "personalities." But these are issues of a peculiar sort. The two Bush has chosen to stress -- reciting the pledge in schools and state prison furlough policy -- have nothing to do with the duties of the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Rally Round the Flag, Boys | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

That's fair enough. Emotions are a valid part of a presidential campaign. (So, for that matter, are personalities.) But the emotions Bush is stirring up in the name of American patriotism are ugly and -- dare I say it -- un- American. What unites the pledge nonsense, the furlough business, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Rally Round the Flag, Boys | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

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