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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1988

Page

9

Dukakis Opens Whistle-Stop Campaign Tour

Michael Dukakis kicked off a whistle-stop campaign through Illinois Missouri and Arkansas invoking Harry Truman while avoiding Quayle controversy. He praised aides and contrasted Democratic and Republican ticket qualifications as Sen. Alan Dixon said the issue might affect but not derail long term ratings.

Washington Post Ismarck Michael Dukakis Harry Truman Indiana Dan Quayle Dukakis Massachusetts Quayle Belleville Ill National Guard Lloyd Bentsen United States Bismarck George Bush Alan Dixon D-Ill New Orleans Illinois Missouri Arkansas Truman Birmingham Ala GOP

Bush campaign kicks off in Quayle country in Indiana

In Huntington Indiana George Bush and Dan Quayle opened the general election drive to a crowd of 8000 to 10000. Quayle defended his 1969 National Guard service amid reporter questions drawing boos. Bush touted a message of peace and prosperity and said the campaign begins the end of the long race.

Untington Ind Bevis George Bush Middle America Dan Quayle Bush Quayle Huntington Guard Gether New Orleans Republican National Committee Indiana Barbara Bush Marilyn Quayle Quayles Corinne

Bentsen calls GOP Mardi Gras for the Moral Majority

Former vice presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen criticized the Republican National Convention as a Mardi Gras for the Moral Majority and said it ignored working people’s concerns on issues like health care and deficits. He praised Dukakis’ centrist stance as contrasting with Bush.

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