Near-President Bob Dole? Biden v. Dukakis, Gary Hart Tries to Save America, For Real and Other Fables of the 1988 Election

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

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🗓️ 5 December 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Bob Dole's passing has us thinking again about the fateful 1988 election and its consequences. Extra's from a series of podcasts we did on that election that were not aired to the main audience. After the series of episodes on the 1988 election, Bruce discussed the making of those episodes and some leftover stories that didn't make it in. Among them - the Kitty Dukakis story, one that focuses needed attention on the personal toll of politics. Also a re-emphasis on the forgotten fact that it was Dukakis who beat Biden in that primary, in a way that made Biden supporters mad - and they let him know it. Also more about Gary Hart, and what may have been the reason for his woes, put together decades after the election. Among the Stories: Biden Supporters Fumed at Mike Dukakis What if Dole won the 88 New Hampshire Primary? Gary Hart and Donna Rice Story - RNC Setup? Gary Hart The Charming Anti-Charmer? Gephardt's Son and What He Went Through Baby Boomers as 'New Force' in 1988 Politics? Jesse Jackson - Pioneer Campaign for Obama? Or Not? Dukakis After the Election Kitty Dukakis and Her Story What 1988 Says About Multi Candidate Elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, so we did two podcasts on the 1988 election.
0:05.6	You break everybody's back.
0:08.0	That's from the Lee at Water Quote in the end.
0:10.6	You break everyone's back.
0:11.6	He was referring to the South Carolina primary and the fact that the Bush campaign running
0:17.9	against Dolan, all the others just saw South Carolina as kind of their insurance policy.
0:22.9	That would break everybody's back.
0:24.9	In other words, he had the governor of the state locked up.
0:28.8	He had the organization locked up and no one could effectively compete.
0:33.8	And so they knew they were going to win South Carolina.
0:36.1	And that came right before the big primary of Super Tuesday and influence the news coverage
0:41.1	of it and made George Bush the front runner.
0:44.6	But it is an open question still, I believe, as to what would happen had Dolan come out
0:50.0	of a win in Iowa, right?
0:52.9	And then stunning Bush, the third place.
0:56.3	And then you get to New Hampshire and if Dol wins that, and he well could have.
1:00.6	I mean, if he ran the inoculation ad, if he ran an ad saying, I will not raise taxes
1:05.1	looking into the camera, even if it was income taxes.
1:08.3	And then if Bush runs the straddle ad, which says that, you know, Dolan can't say no,
1:13.2	it doesn't look credible.
1:14.7	And they probably wouldn't even even run that ad if Dolan had come out with an inoculation
1:19.5	advertising.
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