Fighting the Wimp Factor | The 20th Century
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2015
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
John Dickerson remembers the presidential campaign of 1988, when George Bush’s handlers worked from a playbook known as “The Hazards of Duke” to spin Michael Dukakis as soft on crime, weak on defense, and generally out of touch.
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