The Contenders: Michael Dukakis

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In the latest of Joe's special series - The Contenders -- the sixty fifth governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979. Four years later, Michael Dukakis became the sixty seventh governor from 1983 to 1991 -- making him the longest serving chief executive in Massachusetts history. Before that, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971. In 1988, he ran for and won the Democratic nomination for president, facing the vice president, George H.W. Bush in the general election. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.7	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.8	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:25.1	Have power and words have consequences.
0:33.2	Welcome to a special edition of Words Matter, The Contenders.
0:39.7	Welcome to the Contenders, I'm Joe Lockhart.
0:43.1	Given the intense interest in the democratic nomination process,
0:47.6	we thought it'd be interesting to talk to those men and women who've taken the ultimate
0:51.6	political leap of faith and run for president of the United States.
0:55.5	Our guest today was the 65th governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979, and then the 67th governor
1:03.6	from 1983 to 1991. We'll get to that. Making him the longest serving Chief Executive in Massachusetts
1:10.0	history. Before that, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1963
1:15.7	to 1971. In 1988, he ran for and won the democratic nomination for president,
1:22.4	facing the vice president, George H. W. Bush in the general election.
1:26.8	Governor Michael DeCocca is welcome to the contenders.
1:29.5	Joe, thank you. Good to be here.
1:31.2	Now in the interest of full disclosure for our listeners, I worked for you.
1:34.7	I had the honor and the privilege to work for you in your campaign, so I'm a little bit of a
1:39.2	homer, but there you go. Thank you. And we're here in Boston.
1:41.9	Yes, we're here in Boston on a beautiful day.
1:44.2	Beautiful day.
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