# SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1988

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1988/708146>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 25, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1988/708146 "2014-12-25T07:25:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1988/708146/21 "2014-12-30T02:32:44Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> He’s referring to the supposed foreign policy provocations against Al Qaeda, most of which were explicit Clinton policies, such as the containment policy towards Iraq.

What did that have to do with Al-Qaeda?!

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1988/708146/22 "2014-12-30T21:17:33Z")

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> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> However, I’ll never forgive him for not standing up to being accused of being “card-carrying member of the ACLU”. Why he allowed that to be a negative and didn’t fight back was beyond me.

Because he’s a Democrat, and most Dem politicians are practically afraid of their own shadows. Their symbol shouldn’t be a donkey; it should be a scared rabbit.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1988/708146/23 "2014-12-30T21:23:01Z")

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> [@RTFirefly](#):
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> Because he’s a Democrat, and most Dem politicians are practically afraid of their own shadows. Their symbol shouldn’t be a donkey; it should be a scared rabbit.

I don’t disagree. I don’t understand why we can’t stand up and be loud and proud about who we are. I think it screwed us this election.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1988/708146/24 "2015-02-13T19:17:21Z")

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An article and good short film on Dukakis '88, including a self-deprecating interview with the candidate himself: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/01/11/michael-dukakis-explains-what-happened-to-michael-dukakis/](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/01/11/michael-dukakis-explains-what-happened-to-michael-dukakis/)

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