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Americans in recent years have become thoroughly disenchanted with our political campaigns, especially with campaign advertising and speeches. Each year, as November approaches, we are bombarded with visceral appeals that bypass substance, that drape candidates in the American flag but tell us... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Michael Dukakis: Add a description of this character.
- Willie Horton
- Ronald Reagan
- George Bush
- Kennedy
- Jimmy Carter
- Lyndon Johnson
- Harvey Gantt
- David Duke
- Goldwater
- William Horton
- Richard Nixon
- Jesse Helms
- Stevenson
- Ann Richards
- Mondale
- Jesse Jackson
- Humphrey
- Sam Donaldson
- Percy
- Mcgovern
- Dan Rather
- Thornburgh
- Eisenhower
- Bruce Morton
- Lincoln
- Brokaw
- Peter Jennings
- Wellstone
- Robinson
- Dole
- Barnes
- Bentsen
- Edwards
- Williams
- Mccarthy
- Donahue
- Wofford
- Lisa Myers
Setting & Locations edit
- Massachusetts
- United States
- Vietnam
- Texas
- Washington Post
- California
- America
- Maryland
- Louisiana
- North Carolina
- White House
- New York
- Georgia
- New Hampshire
- Pennsylvania
- Dallas
- Minnesota
- Soviet Union
- Ohio
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Mississippi
- Klan
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
- Tonkin Gulf
- Cuba
- Montana
- New Jersey
- Chicago
- Michigan
- Tennessee
First Sentence edit
Almost three years after George Bush decisively defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis to become the president of the United States, a group of voters in Pineville, Louisiana, was asked, "Can you tell me what you remember as being important in the 1988 presidential campaign?"
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kathleen Hall Jamieson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: New York Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0195078543
Page Count: 352
Publisher: New York Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0195078543
Page Count: 352
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 324
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