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3 unusual facts about Dukakis


Dukakis

Kitty Dukakis (Katharine D. Dukakis), author, wife of Michael Dukakis

John Dukakis, (born John A. Chaffetz), actor, son of Kitty Dukakis and stepson of Michael Dukakis

Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts Governor and Presidential candidate


Al Gore presidential campaigns

Al Gore presidential campaign, 1988, in which he lost the Democratic Party primary to Michael Dukakis

Evelyn Murphy

In the general election, the Dukakis-Murphy team garnered 1,157,786 votes (65.15%) versus 525,364 votes (19.56%) for George Kariotis and Nicholas Nikitas.

Hydrogen Jukebox

:"Allen and I so thoroughly enjoyed the collaboration that we soon began talking about expanding our performance into an evening-length music-theater work. It was right after the 1988 presidential election, and neither Bush nor Dukakis seemed to talk about anything that was going on. I remember saying to Allen, if these guys aren't going to talk about the issues then we should."

John Sasso

Before the first primaries, however, Sasso was identified as the person responsible for the distribution of a videotape showing similarities between a speech by Sen. Joseph Biden, a Dukakis rival for the nomination, and British politician Neil Kinnock, leading to Sasso's forced resignation from the Dukakis campaign.

Linda Chavez-Thompson

In 1988, she was elected a delegate from San Antonio pledged to Dukakis.

Mafia!

During the ceremony, with the help of Vincenzo's mother (Dukakis), several henchmen, and an Eskimo, he settles the family's accounts in an orgy of slaughter (filmed similarly to the end of The Godfather), even arranging the harpooning of Barney the purple dinosaur as a bonus.

Michael Dukakis tank photograph

On September 13, 1988, Democratic US presidential candidate Dukakis visited the General Dynamics Land Systems plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan to take part in a photo op in an M1 Abrams tank.

Willie Horton

Beginning on September 21, 1988, the Americans for Bush arm of the National Security Political Action Committee (NSPAC), under the auspices of Floyd Brown, began running a campaign ad entitled "Weekend Passes", using the Horton case to attack Dukakis.


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