Dukakis recalls ‘crazy’ days on campaign trail

Portsmouth Herald ^ | 20 Nov 03 | By Karen Sanborn

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>>>>>>>"This is the worst national administration I’ve ever lived under, bar none. I want this guy out of there."

That's only because YOU were never elected.

[demlosers]

Dukakis, your a little crybaby....WAAAAH!

[BlackRazor]

The former governor was not shy about sharing why he thinks he lost the election. He said he had not developed a strategy to deal with attacks from the Bush campaign.

If you want to know why Dukakis lost the election, then read The Quest for the Presidency: The 1988 Campaign by Newsweek reporters Peter Goldman and Tom Matthews. They document what must have been the most inept major party presidential campaign in recent history. It's really striking how poorly the Dukakis campaign was run.

He said he dropped eight points in one week after Bush allegedly had President Reagan refer to Dukakis as an "invalid."

Oddly enough, the aforementioned book made no mention of this comment that supposedly caused Dukakis to drop 8 points in a week.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Those 'crazy' days...

Tanks for the memories.

[Astronaut]

Maybe Dukakis could convince Nikita Dean to let him sign on as a campaign advisor.

[.cnI redruM]

Speaking of 'public transportation' LOL!

[CFC__VRWC]

Oddly enough, the aforementioned book made no mention of this comment that supposedly caused Dukakis to drop 8 points in a week.

Was that his boast about how he was a "card-carrying memeber of the ACLU"?

[cubreporter]

He wants this guy out of there??? These mean spirited people can't even use a proper sentence that would be more on the professional side like: "I will be happy when we have a new President" (but he would be dreaming then) or something like that. No, they use the common term "I want this guy out of there." Shows real class doesn't it? jealousy and envy is Dukakis legacy.

Dukakis never had a chance but when he took his little ride in the tank that did it for him. "What? Me Worry"? He TANKED out after that and thank God he did!

[theDentist]

"If I knew anything about presidential politics, I’d be here in a different capacity," Dukakis joked.

The first and only true thing he's said in years. Gratefully, he didn't.

Dukakis said he never considered running for the presidency while serving as governor of Massachusetts.

And then back to the lies. Check his record, every move he made was towards mainstreaming his image. Back when Gillette wanted to build in the Blue Hills, he had lost the Governorship and wanted back in, so he promised those opposing the Gillette plant if they'd help get him elected again, he'd declare it a state Historic Landmark. They did. And he signed off on Gillette building. When asked why he betrayed those who helped support him and get him in office, he said he had no choice, because he couldn't afford to have an image of opposing business if he wanted to be elected. But you've already been elected they said. He ducked out of the room when someone asked if he was referring to the Presidency.

"Whoever the Democratic nominee will, in my judgment, be subjected to a brutal attack campaign by Bush."

Don't bring a banana to a knife fight, PeeWee. Dukakis is a lying sad sack of sh**, IMHO.

[.cnI redruM]

A fish rots from it's head. He's probably IN THE TANK for John Kerry or Howard Dean.

[Dan from Michigan]

Soon, your elitist buddy Kerry can join you crying in your beer.

[BlackRazor]

Was that his boast about how he was a "card-carrying memeber of the ACLU"?

No, that one was discussed in the book. But in this article, Dukakis says he dropped 8 points in one week after Bush had Reagan refer to Dukakis as an invalid. If that comment was so momentous as to cause Dukakis to drop in the polls, I think it would have been discussed in the Newsweek book about the campaign that I mentioned in post #3(the book is pretty detailed, especially with regards to poll movements). The "invalid" comment is not even mentioned in its 430 pages. Seems like revisionist history on the part of Mr. Dukakis to me.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

"Whoever the Democratic nominee will, in my judgment, be subjected to a brutal attack campaign by Bush," Dukakis said. "This is the worst national administration I’ve ever lived under, bar none. I want this guy out of there."

"I mean, Bush's giving people their tax money back and everything", Dukakis whined.

[Dan from Michigan]

That tank scene was great.

It's a big reason why he lost by over 290,000 in Michigan.

[BillyBoy]

Not to worry. Mike Dukakis Jr. is ready to take up the mantle of dopey Mass. liberal with granite features:

[.cnI redruM]

He'll accuse Bush of selling drugs to senior citizens.

[Zack Nguyen]

They document what must have been the most inept major party presidential campaign in recent history. It's really striking how poorly the Dukakis campaign was run.

Interestingly, if you read about and follow campaigns, you find that maybe 1 out of every 20 campaigns (if that) are actually well run. Even winners don't always run a good campaign. Presidential campaigns are almost always run ineptly. It is just very difficult to get the right set of personalities together to fashion the message, raise the money, and plan the events. And often the candidate for a given office has no idea why they want to run, other than they think they are swell, and figure everyone else should get the chance to enjoy them too.

[luckydevi]

"I wish the Amtrak ran faster and more frequently

I wish Amtrack was privatized

[<1/1,000,000th%]

He'll accuse Bush of selling drugs to senior citizens.

Are you sure he hasn't done that already? ;)

[Snardius]

Crazy